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Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (6) Cape Colony, Talana, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (4557 Pte. W. McCarthy, Rl. Dublin Fus:);
[ KSA (2) ]

W. McCarthy attested into the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War. He received a Gun Shot Wound to his back on 23 February 1900, during the action at Hart’s Hill, Tugela Heights.

QSA (6). Bonhams June 1997. DNW June 2007 £330. Liverpool October 2008 £570.