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Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, Sergeant Arthur Leather, 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry
Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 4 clasps, clasp, campaign medal
Accession Number

NAM.1984-12-54-1

Description

Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 4 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901. From a medal group awarded to Sgt Arthur Anson Leather, 9th Company, 3rd Bn Imperial Yeomanry. Obverse: Queen Victoria, facing left. Reverse: Britannia holding Union flag and laurel wreath with marching soldiers and warships. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). Born in Leeds, Yorkshire and trained as a mechanical engineer, Arthur Leather enlisted with the Imperial Yeomanry when he was 23 years old on 2 Jan 1900. He served at Home until being posted out to South Africa on 28 Jan 1900 until 8 June 1901. He was discharged on 15 June 1901. During World War One he served with the Leeds Volunteer Reserve.

Campaigns

Boer War (1899-1902)

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