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Sudan Medal 1898 Wounded Boer War

Queen’s Sudan Medal 1898, 3224 Private T. Vincent, 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who was severely wounded in action at Nooitgedacht during the Boer War on 13th December 1900.

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Queen’s Sudan Medal 1898, 3224 Private T. Vincent, 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who was severely wounded in action at Nooitgedacht during the Boer War on 13th December 1900.

 

Thomas Vincent was born during 1873 in Gateshead, Durham. At the age of 18 he attested for service at Newcastle on 23rd November 1891 for service with the Northumberland Fusiliers, he had been a member of the 4th Bn Durham Light Infantry Militia.

 

He saw the following service until his medical discharge in late 1901:

 

Home, 23rd Nov 18981 – 7th Dec 1893
India, 8th Dec 1893 – 4th March 1895
Singapore, 5th March 1895 – 31st December 1897
Egypt, 17th January 1898 – 2nd Oct 1898
Crete, 3rd Oct 1898 – 18th April 1899
Home, 19th April 1899 – 3rd Nov 1899
South Africa, 24th November 1899 – 1st March 1901 (Invalided after wound)
Home, 2nd March 1901 – 13th Sept 1901