Name: SINGLE QSA MEDAL NAMED TO 343 PTE A HEATON KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORP. FIVE BARS in Singles
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A Queens Soutth Africa medal named to 343 pte A Heaton of the Kings Royal Rifle Corp. 5 bars including Talana, and Defence of Ladysmith Includes Medal Bars Conformation Roll. Condition fine wth a edge knock aboth the A He was invalided home in 1900. The King’s Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years’ War in North America known in the United States as ‘The French and Indian War.’ After the Napoleonic Wars, the regiment received a new title: first, in 1815, its name was changed to The Duke of York’s Own Rifle Corps and then, in 1830, to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) The regiment was deployed during the Second Boer War from the outset playing a key role in the first battle at Talana Hill. Two officers from the regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross; Lieutenant Frederick Roberts and Lieutenant Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies. Private Frederick Corbett also received the Victoria Cross for his action at Kafr Dowar, Egypt, on 5 August 1882; his VC was later rescinded when he was convicted of embezzlement, theft, and being absent without leave.

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