Pair: Colour-Sergeant H. Hiscock, The Queen's Regiment, Queen's South Africa, five clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 [One or two unofficial rivets] (1487 Cr.-Serjt., The Queen's); Royal Humane Society's Medal for Lifesaving, small, bronze (Sergt. H. Hiscock, Royal West Surrey Regt., 1st February 1893), good very fine

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Pair: Colour-Sergeant H. Hiscock, The Queen's Regiment, Queen's South Africa, five clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 [One or two unofficial rivets] (1487 Cr.-Serjt., The Queen's); Royal Humane Society's Medal for Lifesaving, small, bronze (Sergt. H. Hiscock, Royal West Surrey Regt., 1st February 1893), good very fine
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Colour-Sergeant H. Hiscock was serving in the 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Regiment, when awarded the Royal Humane Society's Medal under the following circumstances: 'At great personal risk, these two men rescued Private Doyle from drowning at Dinapore, India on 1 February 1891' (R.H.S. Case No. 26617 refers).