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QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL : 63RD. COMPANY, IMPERIAL YEOMANRY (WILTSHIRE) :
Bars, 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', 'Transvaal', 'South Africa 1901', officially impressed naming - 24670 Tpr. G. GASKIN, 63rd.Imp:Yeo. : (GEORGE HENRY GASKIN - Born at Acton, London, around 1881, an engineer by trade on the date of attestation for the Imperial Yeomanry, 29 January 1901 : Served in South Africa with the 63rd. Company from 1 March 1901 : Wounded in action at Reitz George, Orange River Colony on 10 November 1901, when he received gun-shot wounds to his right leg, resulting in a fractured tibia and knee joint : In the same engagement Lieutenant Mark Hastings of the 63rd.Company was killed : The recipient was subsequently invalided to England, arriving home on 6 January 1902 : On 17 March 1902 he was "Discharged as having been found medically unfit for further service" : Shown on Casualty Roll as "J.H. Gaskin" but there was no man named Gaskin with the initials "J.H." serving with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa and Regimental Number corresponds with the recipient as 24670.) : Sold with verification; copy Service & Discharge Papers; copy entry from Casualty Roll. Toned EF - £295