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From the next Warwick and Warwick auction

QSA (1) Defence of Ladysmith (3922 Pte P. Leach Manch Regt)
KSA (2) (3922 Pte F. Leach Manch Regt)

W&W say: Frederick Leach was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, enlisted 20/6/93, served Gibraltar 1897-99, South Africa 24/8/99 to 5/9/02, rare single clasp to QSA while serving 3 years in Boer War, discharged 19/6/05

Another single bar.....

BRADFORD, JOHN

REG. NO.: 125-651
RANK: ABLE-SEAMAN
REGT: ROYAL NAVY, H.M.S. POWERFUL
BARS: DEFENCE OF LADYSMITH

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MC GV, reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Capt. L. Eastmead. Rifle Brigade 1st. Jan. 1918’;
Sudan (9321 Srgt. L. Eastmead, 2/R. Bde:);
QSA (1) Defence of Ladysmith (9321. C.Sgt. L. Eastmead. Rifle Brigade);
1914 Star, with clasp (Hon: Lt: & Q.M. L. Eastmead. Rif: Brig.);
BWM and VM with MID oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. L. Eastmead.);
Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued;
Army LS&GC EdVII (9321 Sjt. Mjr. L. Eastmead. Rifle Bde.);
Khedive Sudan (1) Khartoum (Sergt. L. Eastmead. 2nd. Battn. Rifle Brigade 1898) regimentally engraved naming

MC LG 1 January 1918.

Leonard Ernest King Eastman was born at Gillingham, Kent, on 26 January 1873, and attested for the Rifle Brigade in 1891. He served with the 2nd Battalion as a Sergeant during the Sudan Campaign in 1898, and, having been promoted Colour Sergeant, served with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War in South Africa, where he was present in the operations in Natal in 1899, including the action at Lombard’s Kop, and also at the Defence of Ladysmith, including the sortie on 10 December 1899 and the action of 6 January 1900.

Eastmead was appointed Quartermaster with the honorary rank of Lieutenant on 28 May 1910, and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1914, serving with the Battalion continuously until the Armistice. For his services during the Great War he was three times Mentioned in Despatches (LGs 22 June 1915, 15 June 1916, and 22 May 1917), and was awarded the Military Cross.

Promoted Major on 1 April 1920, whilst serving at the Depot, he retired on 26 January 1925, after 37 years with the Brigade and died in Winchester on 8 July 1943.

From the next Spink sale.

QSA (1) Defence of Ladysmith (4743 Pte J.H. Tappin. Rifle Brigade)

QSA verified. Also entitled to KSA (2).

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Queen's Sudan (8486 Sjt. P. Longden. Rif. Brig.);
QSA (1) Defence of Ladysmith (8486 Sjt. P. Longden. Rif. Brig);
Khedive's Sudan (1) Khartoum, unnamed, the two named Medals later officially impressed issues.

Percy Edmund Longden was born at Birr in 1872, the son of a Sergeant-Major in the Rifle Brigade. Young Longden enlisted as a Drummer and saw active service in the Sudan and South Africa. He was discharged in November 1907, having been Colour-Sergeant of 'C' Company in 1906 and also being in receipt of a Musketry Certificate. He died at 53 Rosslyn Park Road on 16 November 1954.

Sold for a hammer price of £500. Totals (inc VAT on the commission for the UK only): £620. R12,100. Au$1,090. Can$1,040. US$830

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Queen's Sudan (4146, Pte. C. Markie. 2/R. Bde:);
QSA (1) Defence of Ladysmith (4146 Cpl. C. Markie, Rifle Brigade);
Khedive’s Sudan (1) Khartoum, unnamed as issued

Charles Markie died of enteric fever at Ladysmith on 22 December 1899, the first member of the 2nd Battalion to die of disease at Ladysmith.

Sold for a hammer price of £580. Totals (inc VAT on the commission for the UK only): £719. R14,000. Au$1,260. Can$1,200. US$960