Queens & Kings South Africa Medal Pair. 12th Lancers. Shoe-smith. Bramhall. Sheffield.
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QSA correctly named 3712 Corl SS A Bramhall 12 R Lancers
KSA correctly named 3712 Cpl SHG STH A Bramhall 12th Lancers
Arthur was born to Henry and Emma in Sheffield in July 1871.
We find the family in 1891 living in St Georges, Sheffield which matches the address on his army papers. Both father and son were table cutlers.
When he enlisted into the 12th (Prince of Wales) Lancers in 1893 in Pontefract, he was already serving with the 1st West Yorkshire Volunteer Royal Engineers.
He married Esther in 1894.
The clasps Witterbergen, Johannesburg, Driefontein and Relief of Kimberley are confirmed on rolls as is the award of the date clasps and KSA.
The regiment was deployed to South Africa for service in the Second Boer War in October 1899, and took part in the Relief of Kimberley and the ensuing Battle of Paardeberg in February 1900. The commanding officer of the regiment, the 11th Earl of Airlie, was killed at the Battle of Diamond Hill in June 1900. Following the end of the war in 1902 they went to India. Almost 530 officers and men left Cape Town aboard SS Lake Manitoba in September 1902, arriving at Bombay the following month and was then stationed at Ambala in Punjab.
He was posted to South Africa in October 1899 and remained there until August 1902. His address upon discharge in 1905 is given as 48 Russell Street in Sheffield.
The medals are mounted on a decorative clasp as worn on original ribbons.
