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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (6115 Pte. W. Brinkley. Rifle Brigade.)

William Henry Brinkley, a Carman from Marylebone, Middlesex, attested into the Rifle Brigade Militia on 11 November 1901 and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 December 1901 to 3 October 1902.

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QSA (3) Natal, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (9876 Pte. J. Riley. Rifle Brigade.)

John Riley served with the Composite Battalion of the Rifle Brigade and the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in South Africa during the Boer War.

Noonan's say the lot is sold with copied medal roll extracts, with entitlement for the Natal clasp originally annotated ‘Yes’ before being crossed out; the Natal clasp was not awarded to men who had received any other clasp for action in the Natal, and so as a recipient of the Tugela Heights and Relief of Ladysmith clasps Riley would have been precluded from receiving the Natal clasp.

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