QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, Wittebergen [last two clasps unofficially riveted] (2825 Sejt. H. Ashton, Manch. Regt.), one or two edge bruises and slight contact wear, very fine

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QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, Wittebergen [last two clasps unofficially riveted] (2825 Sejt. H. Ashton, Manch. Regt.), one or two edge bruises and slight contact wear, very fine

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Sergeant H. Ashton was wounded at Sannah's Post while serving with the Mounted Infantry. Later in the Campaign he was killed by lightning, an ever present hazard on the open veldt, at Middlefontein on 5.12.1900.