Queen’s South Africa Medal 3 Clasps inc Defence of Ladysmith Ghost Dates KRRC

Queen’s South Africa Medal named to 9780 PTE J Antcliffe K.R.R.C. with Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal and Laing’s Nek clasps. Copied service papers and medal roll confirm the clasp entitlement.  Antcliff’s name is spelt with the “e” on the medal and the medal roll but without the “e” on his service papers. His only medal entitlement and they spelt his name wrong.

James Thomas Antcliff was born in Birmingham in 1878, enlisted in Birmingham in 1896. He served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps from 1899 – 1900, Ceylon 1900-1901, India 1901-1904 and was discharged in 1908. There’s no record of any Great War Service. He passed away, his death registered in Wolverhampton, aged 60 in 1939.

The medal has a number of edge bumps and has been well polished in the past. The ghost dates are faint, the 00 of 1900 is just visible in the photo, it’s slightly more clear in hand.

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