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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Driefontein (299 Trpr: K. Hamilton, Ceylon M.I.) officially impressed naming

Trooper Kenneth Hamilton, Ceylon Contingent, died of enteric at Bloemfontein on 13 May 1900.

Sold in the same lot as two other QSAs to members of the Hamilton family.

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Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (331 S.S. Cpl. A. E. Pate. Ceylon M.I.)

Address c/o: Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Ceylon.

Medal issued 29 April 1901.

QSA listed on WO100/211p79

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Described as:

HAMPSHIRE, Bisley, National Rifle Association, Life Member’s Pass, bone, bowman and rifleman standing, rev. legend, named (Th. Wright) ink script below unclear, 45mm, 9.55g (W 1509). Small surface flaw, otherwise very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £100-£150.

Colonel Thomas Yates Wright, MBE, VD (1869-1964), tea-planter, cricketer and legislator in Ceylon; founding president of the Ceylon Athletic Association; served as a 2nd Lt in the Ceylon Planters’ Rifle Corps in the Boer War and was the CO of the Corps from July 1904 to February 1912.

Hammered at £50.