THE QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL AWARDED TO PRIVATE R.W. PUGH, 21ST GENERAL HOSPITAL, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, WHO ALSO SAW SERVICE DURING WW1 WITH THE RAMC (ALSO ENTITLED 1914 STAR AND BAR TRIO). Queen's South Africa Medal, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (officially named, impressed in plain block capitals: 14840 Pte. R.W. PUGH. R.A.M.C.). Few minor rim nicks, otherwise Good Very Fine, and with a length of original ribbon.
Medal accompanied by biographical details, QSA Medal rolls (2), confirming medal and clasps, and WW1 Medal Index Card and medal rolls (2) confirming Pugh also entitled 1914 Star and bar trio.
QSA Medal roll confirms Pugh saw service in South Africa with the 21st Hospital. His Medal Index card confirms that he saw service during WW1 as a Private with the R.A.M.C. (same regimental number as for Boer War service) and first saw service in France, entering that theatre of operations on 21/10/1914. Medal roll notes Pugh's "C&R" (clasp and rose) were forwarded on 22/12/1921.
Rowland William Pugh (1879-1963) was born in Erith, Kent, 17/6/1879, the son of Rowland and Eliza Pugh.
There is a photograph of Pugh in R.A.M.C. uniform attached to his biographical sketch on Ancestry.
