Description
Queen’s South Africa, 6 bars, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Lieut H.D. Collins, Robert’s Horse.
All bars confirmed on the roll, medal as issued with all 6 bars and officially engraved.
Harvey Dowse Collins was born in England during 1865 and during the Boer War was previously Squadron Sergeant Major of the regiment, regimental number: 2407, being commissioned as Lieutenant on 22nd December 1900, he served until discharged to the reserves on 25th November 1901.
He later lived in Port Elizabeth and worked as a Clerk with South African Railways, he died on 5th February 1919.
