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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 57

(x) Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (3992 Pte. M. McCann, 1st. Connaught Rang:), very fine

Michael McCann was born around 1871 at St. Paul, Dublin. A labourer by trade, he attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 11 March 1889, serving with the 1st and 2nd Battalions in the East Indies from 19 September 1890-15 December 1891. Transferring to the Connaught Rangers - with whom his brother Martin McCann served in the 1st Battalion - McCann spent 7 years at home before seeing active service during the Boer War from 10 November 1899-4 February 1901. Discharged at Chatham upon the termination of his first period of engagement on 31 March 1902, McCann returned home to 26 North King Street, Dublin.

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Sold for
£280

Starting price
£50