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An unusual QSA named to Y Battery, RHA.



Details of the recipient are here.

Picture courtesy of Dominic Winter

QSA (2) Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. H.W. Milne. R.G.A. Mil.), clasp carriage loose on ribbon;
[ Great War medals ];
1911 Delhi Durbar

Herbert Wardlow Milne (1883-1915) was born in Helensburgh, Scotland. The family home was Union Bank House, Colquhoun, Helensburgh. Milne was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Duke of Connaught's Own Sligo Garrison Artillery Militia in 1902 before transferring to the South Staffordshire Regiment and then the Indian Army in 1906. He was present during the 1911 Delhi Durbar (medal) and later served with 74th Punjabis, Indian Army. Milne was serving as adjutant to the 6th Bn, Cameron Highlanders when he was killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 27 September 1915 (posthumous MID on 1 January 1916), Milne is commemorated on the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, France.

Hammer GBP 140.