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Auction: 21103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals e-Auction 4
Lot: 61

Pair: Private A. McKay, (Princess Victoria's) Royal Irish Fusiliers

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Talana, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4749 Pte. A. McKay, Rl. Irish Fus:); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4749 Pte. A. McKay, Rl. Irish Fus:), good very fine (2)

A member of 'H' Company, 1st Battalion, McKay was captured at Nicholson's Nek on 30 October, 1900 - "Mournful Monday", Gazetteer refers:

'This was the objective of a column commanded by Lt-Col F.R.C. Carleton, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, three kilometres north of the hill Cayinguba (Caimguba) where it was forced to surrender to Cmdt L.P. Steenkamp. McKay was released from captivity on 5 September, 1900 at Nooitgedacht (16 km east of Waterval Onder on the Delagoa Bay railway line) having been forced to march east from the main POW camp at Waterval, Pretoria.'

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Sold for
£520

Starting price
£210