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Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (7) Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, date clasp block loose on riband (5743 Pte. A. Isherwood. R. Lanc. Regt.) first digit of number officially corrected, polished

Noonan's say the medal roll indicates that the recipient was entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal, rather than the two date clasps on the QSA.

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (5) Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, unofficial rivets between third, fourth, and fifth clasps (3748 Sejt. R. Cheetham, R. Lanc: Regt.);
KSA (2) (3748 Serjt: R. Cheetham. Rl; Lanc: Regt.);
1914-15 Star (6224 S. Mjr. R. Cheetham. Manch. R.);
British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. R. Cheetham.) minor official correction to surname on both BWM and VM;
Army LS&GC Ed VII (3748 C. Sjt: R. Cheetham. R. Lanc: Regt.)

Robert Cheetham was born in 1874 and attested for the Royal Lancashire Regiment. He served with them during the Boer War in South Africa, and was severely wounded at Pieters Hill on 22 February 1900.

Advanced Sergeant Major, 4th Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment, he transferred to the 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, as Regimental Sergeant Major, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 November 1915. Appointed Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, in the 15th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 16 October 1918, he relinquished his commission on 1 September 1921, retaining the rank of Lieutenant.