NAM.1953-04-12-1

Commemorative medal awarded by 3rd Bn Imperial Yeomanry to Lt Col George John Younghusband, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force, 1900-1901. Obverse inscribed ‘A Tribute from Yorkshire’ around a Yorkshire rose, all within a laurel wreath. Reverse shows Prince of Wales’ plumes above ‘3’; below, a ribbon reading ‘Imperial Yeomanry / Yorkshire’; below all, ‘1900 South Africa 1901’. Name inscribed on rim. Associated with Boer War (1899-1902). Younghusband was made a temporary Lieutenant Colonel in 1900 and put in command of served as 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry - his first command. 9th and 10th Companies of that battalion were sponsored by the Yorkshire Hussars. In 1901 he was made substantive Lieutenant Colonel, leaving to command 26th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry the following year.

Boer War (1899-1902)