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Queens Med L N Lanc Regt

Queen’s Mediterranean Medal, 3906 Pte J. Whitehead, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 3rd Battalion.

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SKU: J7696 Category:
Origin: United Kingdom
Nearly Extremely Fine

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Queen’s Mediterranean Medal, 3906 Pte J. Whitehead, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

 

During the Boer War, Private Whitehead earned this scarce medal with the 3rd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

 

Confirmed on the medal roll. An excellent condition example with some toning.

 

Some information on the service of the 3rd Battalion:

 

The 3rd Battalion was among the 1st Militia units to be embodied for full time duty, on 13th December 1899, and went to Kent for pre-deployment training at Shorncliffe and Lydd. It then embarked on 12th January 1900 and sailed to Malta to relieve a regular army battalion in the garrison there.
A year later the manpower needs of the guerilla war in South Africa led to the Battalion re-embarking from Malta on 2nd March 1901.
It arrived in South Africa on 30th March and was employed on the lines of communication from Port Elizabeth to Aliwal North. The Battalion embarked for home on 13th February 1902 and was disembodied on 15th March.”