Lot 62
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Four: Private W.H. Young, Grenadier Guards, Queen's Sudan (5385 Pte., 1/Gren. Gds.), second initial 'F.'; Queen's South Africa, three clasps, Orange Free State, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (5385 Pte., Gren. Gds.); King's South Africa, two clasps (5385 Pte., Grenadier Guards); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum (Pte., Gren. Gds.), single initial 'W.', regimentally impressed naming, good very fine (4)

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Four: Private W.H. Young, Grenadier Guards, Queen's Sudan (5385 Pte., 1/Gren. Gds.), second initial 'F.'; Queen's South Africa, three clasps, Orange Free State, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (5385 Pte., Gren. Gds.); King's South Africa, two clasps (5385 Pte., Grenadier Guards); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum (Pte., Gren. Gds.), single initial 'W.', regimentally impressed naming, good very fine (4)

Lot Essay

Private W.H. Young was the batman to Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Cecil throughout the siege of Mafeking. After Cecil left South Africa he became the orderly to Major The Honourable J.F. Gathorne Hardy, Grenadier Guards, who was attached to Lovat's Scouts.