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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 79

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (1820 Pte. J. Castle, R. Welsh Fus:), unofficial rivets between state and date clasps, contact marks, very fine

John Castle was born in 1865 at Huddersfield but by the time of his enlistment into the Militia in March 1892 was living in Llanbeblig. Castle served in South Africa from 26 May 1900-29 September 1901, transferring to the Militia Reserve the next day. He continued to be engaged with the 4th Battalion until the disbandment of the Battalion in August 1908. His Service Record states he died in December 1908.


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