County: Cornwall
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 30/04/1901
Number issued: 5
Gold pendants, to:
Volunteer Active Service Company, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry ["A" Company, 1st V.B.D.C.L.I.] –
6197 Sergeant Charles Trythall TONKIN [Tonking]
6215 Private Edgar William CLEMOW
6184 Private Richard MANN
6210 Private Walter John MATTHEWS
6400 Private William Henry WILLCOCK
Presentation made by the Mayoress.
Obverse: "South African War, 1901".
Reverse: "Presented to ________ by J.H. Tonking, Mayor of Penzance".
Each of these volunteers received a second medal from the County of Cornwall.
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 02/05/1901 (nominal roll)
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Western Morning News, 2nd May 1901
At Tuesday evening’s reception of the home-coming volunteers at Penzance each of the five men was presented by the Mayoress with a neat gold pendant, bearing on one side the wards, “South African War, 1901”, and on the other, “Presented to ______ by J.H. Tonking, Mayor of Penzance”.
Royal Cornwall Gazette, 2nd May 1901
