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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 80

The Queen's South Africa Medal awarded to Private L. Poole, Shropshire Light Infantry, who was wounded by shrapnel near Roodewal on 10 June 1900

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (7286 Pte. L. Poole, 2nd Shropshire Lt. Infy.), very fine

Provenance:
Buckland, Dix and Wood, 2 December 1992, when sold as part of the Dr. D. A. Ireland collection.

Leonard Poole was born in Market Drayton, Salop and enlisted in the Shropshire Light Infantry in January 1900, aged 25, direct from the 2nd Volunteer Battalion. He subsequently served in South Africa in the 1st Volunteer Service Company, in which he received his baptism of fire at Zand River on 10 May 1900.

Then, according to regimental records, he was slightly wounded by shrapnel on the 10 June 1900. This was the day before what became known as the 'Roodewal incident', when De Wet raided the local railway station and stores.

Poole was discharged on returning home in May 1901; sold with copied research.


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Sold for
£500

Starting price
£60