QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, Worboys. #sherborne Lettering: SR

Lettering: SR

12 g) Rome mint

Reverse: Seated figure of Britannia right

enamel and paste-stone Somerset Light Infantry 'sweetheart' brooch

The medals are VF with irregular lengths of ribbon

QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, Worboys. #sherborne Lettering: SRQueen's South Africa 1899 1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (3472 Pte W. Warboys, Wt: York: Regt), Toned extremely fine, and displaying the ghost date. The spelling of his surname is incorrect on the medal. William Warboys was born in 1874 at North Mimms, Hertfordshire and enlisted in 1893. He served with the 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, from October 1899 and his entry for the Queen's South Africa medal also confirms 'To