County: West Yorkshire
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 03/12/1902
Number issued: c. 25
Gold medals, to:
1st Volunteer Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Draft) –
7704 Private H. ADAMS
and c. 24 other reservists/volunteers
Presentation made in the Whitwood Colliery Schools, Whitwood.
Obverse with King's Crown, surmounted by crossed rifles. Recipient’s name on a circular cartouche: "H. Adams".
Reverse: "FOR SOUTH AFRICA / 1899 TO 1902 / WHITWOOD RESERVIST / FUND".
Information and photographs provided by Paul Dunn
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Leeds Mercury, 5th December 1902
WHITWOOD ACTIVE SERVICE MEN’S WELCOME HOME.
Some 25 Reservists and Volunteers, employees of Messrs Hy. Briggs, Son, and Co., who served in the late war, were entertained to a dinner in the Whitwood Colliery Schools on Wednesday by the Committee of the Whitwood Collieries Reservists’ Fund.
Mr A. Currer Briggs presided, and each man was presented with a gold medal, bearing on one side his name, and on the other “For South Africa, 1899 to 1902, Whitwood Reservists’ Fund”.
