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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 425

Pair: Private C. Burns, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who served with the 22nd Battalion Mounted Infantry during the Boer War

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5949 Pte. C. Burns. The Queen's.), top two clasps period tailor's copies; King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5949 Pte. C. Burns. The Queen's.), private rivets between clasps on the first, contact marks, nearly very fine (3)

Charles Edward Burns was born at Bermondsey in 1880 and was a labourer upon his joining The Queen's Regiment in April 1899. He served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion from 15 April 1901-7 June 1904, noted as having been with the 22nd Battalion Mounted Infantry, one of the Composite Regiments of Mounted Infantry. Burns was discharged on 16 April 1904.

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£110

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£70