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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 392

King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3726 Pte. T. Bowley. York: L.I.), lightly polished, very fine

Thomas Bowley was born in 1874 at Dewsbury, Yorkshire, and attested for the Yorkshire Light Infantry at Pontefract on 13 March 1892. Posted to the 1st Battalion, he deserted on 15 November 1893 and was subsequently convicted by District Court Martial and sentenced to 9 calendar months imprisonment with hard labour.

Posted to the 2nd Battalion upon release, Bowley served five years in India with the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the Punjab Frontier before being posted to South Africa on 5 May 1899. He was twice severely wounded in action, firstly at Sanna's Post, where he received a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, and secondly at Brandfort, where he received a gunshot wound to the right side on 3 May 1901. Bowley returned home on 14 September 1902, before being discharged following 12 years of service on 28 May 1904.

The 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, recorded 1 officer taken prisoner, 2 other ranks wounded and 14 taken prisoner at Sanna's Post; sold with copied service record.


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