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Pair: Driver W. Crowley, Royal Horse Artillery Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps,...
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Pair: Driver W. Crowley, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (71706 Dr: W. Crowley, A, B, R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (71706 Dvr: W. Crowley. R.H.A.) mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (2) £160-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Crowley served during the Defence of Ladysmith from 2 November 1899 to 28 February 1900 with the 53rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. During the siege they witnessed considerable fighting; on the night of 7 December 1899 the Gunners took part in a reconnaissance which was later commended by Sir George White as ‘well carried out’. In early January they inflicted very heavy losses upon the Boers, their pursuit of the enemy across the veldt only ending with the exhaustion of the horses. Crowley is later stated on the QSA medal roll as having transferred to “A” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, and is recorded in another source as rejoining “J” Battery on 17 November 1900. He was discharged from this unit on 1 April 1902. Sold with copied research.
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Pair: Driver W. Crowley, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (71706 Dr: W. Crowley, A, B, R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (71706 Dvr: W. Crowley. R.H.A.) mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (2) £160-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Crowley served during the Defence of Ladysmith from 2 November 1899 to 28 February 1900 with the 53rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. During the siege they witnessed considerable fighting; on the night of 7 December 1899 the Gunners took part in a reconnaissance which was later commended by Sir George White as ‘well carried out’. In early January they inflicted very heavy losses upon the Boers, their pursuit of the enemy across the veldt only ending with the exhaustion of the horses. Crowley is later stated on the QSA medal roll as having transferred to “A” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, and is recorded in another source as rejoining “J” Battery on 17 November 1900. He was discharged from this unit on 1 April 1902. Sold with copied research.
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