Pair: Captain G. Lynn, Tarkastad Town Guard, Late Cape Mounted Rifles, South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1877-8-9 (Sergt., No. 9 Troop, C.M. Rifles); Queen's South Africa, no clasp (Captain, Tarkastad T.G.), good very fine (2)

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Pair: Captain G. Lynn, Tarkastad Town Guard, Late Cape Mounted Rifles, South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1877-8-9 (Sergt., No. 9 Troop, C.M. Rifles); Queen's South Africa, no clasp (Captain, Tarkastad T.G.), good very fine (2)

Lot Essay

Captain G. Lynn was recommended for an award by Colonel Douglas Haig for his work in the drive of September 1901:

'Captain Lynn volunteered and occupied a position seven miles out of Tarkastad during the drive South of the Flying Columns' (War Office records refer).