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Hello Everyone

I have this 8 bar QSA issued to:

5819 Pte H.Young YK & Lancaster Regt. (1st Battalion)

Bars:
Cape Colony
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Tugela Heights
Relief of Ladysmith
Laings Nek
South Africa 1901
South Africa 1902

I have been able to confirm all the bars with the exception of the SA01 & SA02. His name does not appear on the extra clasp roll for the QSA of which date bars are awarded. The medal looks perfectly fine and the two date bars do not look to be added later. Is it possible for Young to be on the KSA list with a note to say NOT entitled to KSA but date bars issued. Is it also possible that he could have served in another unit?

Being unable to verify this as a 8 bar QSA is driving me nuts.

Hoping that someone on the forum can help with this.

All said, the medal has some cracking bars on it.


Regards
Anthony Govender

Hi Anthony
Had a look on Find My Past and Ancestry but have had the same results as you.
Ancestry rolls comfirms 6 clasps as you state but am unable to find a supplimentry or KSA roll.
It looks like his number was changed from 5723 but a search of this number had no results.
Find My Past again confirms the 6 clasps only, unable to find any service records, sorry.
Hope you can confirm them.

Paul

Hi Anthony.....

Here is the Y and L that I have in my collection as you can see it has 7 bars without the 1902....

Mike

GEORGE, E. (Edwin)

REG. NO.: 4130
RANK: PRIVATE
REGT: YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT, 1st BATTALION

BARS: CAPE COLONY, TUGELA HEIGHTS, ORANGE FREE STATE, RELIEF OF LADYSMITH, TRANSVAAL, LAING'S NEK, SOUTH AFRICA 1901

REMARKS / HISTORY:

1. SUSPENDED FROM PRIVATELY MADE MOUNTING BAR, SILVER HALLMARKED LONDON 1898, ENGRAVED "EDWIN GEORGE"

Anthony,

Like Paul, I have struggled to find the verification for the date clasps. Some members of the Y&L Regiment did receive the two date clasps so it is not impossible that he is entitled to them. I did try a mix of searched but came up with nothing. The only suggestion I have is to look through every page of the roll to see if the name has been mis-spelled, overwritten, that part of the page is missing, torn etc.

Good luck!
David

I have still been unable to verify this medal. Becomes frustrating when you can't, but we still persevere.

Cheers
Anthony Govender

Anthony,
Good luck with your further research, hope you will find a suitable conclusion

Paul