War Medals

QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL: KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS: SURVIVOR FROM THE WRECK OF THE 'WARREN HASTINGS'

Bars,'Cape Colony','Tugela Heights', 'Relief of Ladysmith', 'Transvaal','Laing's Nek', 'South Africa 1901' - 3036 Private G.MEEK,KRRC. (GEORGE MEEK - Born around 1870 at Shorncliffe, Sandgate, Kent and attested as a Boy Bugler aged 15 years on 10 October 1885: Posted Bugler 31 October 1888 and promoted to Corporal 11 November 1890: Reduced to the Ranks for neglecting to obey Battalion orders in June 1891: Promoted to Corporal December 1894 but again reduced to the Ranks in February 1895 for disobedience of orders:Remained as a Private until Discharged in November 1904 as "medically unfit for further service".Served in India; Mauritius and South Africa and survived the wreck of the Troopship RIMS.'Warren Hastings' on 14 January 1897: Intended place of residence upon discharge given as Park Street, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.:) Sold with verification and copy Service Papers: GVF - £375