South Africa Medal for Zulu and Basuto Wars 1877-79, clasp: 1879, Pte Francis Fitzpatrick, 94th Regiment of Foot
South Africa Medal for Zulu and Basuto Wars 1877-79, campaign medal
Accession Number
NAM.2018-08-42-1-2
Description
South Africa 1877-79, clasp: 1879. From a medal group awarded to Pte Francis Fitzpatrick (5268) VC, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). (Pte. Francis Fitzpatrick, 94th Foot) Contemporarily renamed, with additional 'V.C.' inscribed in Gothic script. Fitzpatrick won the VC during the Sekukuni Campaign in 1879, prior to the Zulu War. Part of a medal bar of three: Victoria Cross, South Africa Medal for Zulu and Basuto Wars 1877-79 and Queen’s South Africa Medal. Associated with the Sekukuni Campaign (1879) and the Zulu War, 1879.
Campaigns
Zulu War (1879), Basuto Wars (1877-1882), Sekukuni Campaign (1878-1879)
Associated collection
