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Auction: 23112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 406

Pair: Private P. Danks, Worcestershire Regiment

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tranvaal, Wittebergen (2871 Pte P. Danks, Worcester: Regt); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2871 Pte P. Danks. Worcester: Regt), deeply toned, good very fine (2)

Note: the entry for the King's South Africa has him down as T. Danks although the medal is correctly initialled with the letter P.

Peter Danks was born at St. John's, Stafford in 1871 and worked as a Miner prior to enlisting on 16 March 1891. Posted to India on 22 February 1892 he served there for over four years before returning to Britain on 15 November 1896 he joined the Army Reserve. Mobilised for service in South Africa he joined the war on 17 December 1899 with the 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Returning to Britain on 17 August 1902 Danks was discharged on 15 March 1902.

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