Queens South Africa Medal Private E J Wall HMS Doris RMLI Royal Marines Light Infantry

~ Queens South Africa Medal Private E J Wall HMS Doris RMLI Royal Marines Light Infantry ~

The medal is engraved to the edge...

E. J. WALL. PTE. R.M.L.I. H.M.S. DORIS

~ HMS Doris ~

HMS Doris was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1890s.

Under the command of Captain R. C. Prothero, she was flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Harris when he was Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in South Africa 1898-1900. In 1899 at least one of HMS Doris's QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns was mounted on an improvised field carriage and used as a field gun in the Second Boer War. The gun used at Magersfontein was known as Joe Chamberlain. Captain Prothero, known as 'Prothero the Bad', was a man of violent temper who terrified his officers and crew alike.

~ Condition ~

The medal has minor knocking to the edge. The ribbon is a replacement.

~ Dimensions ~

The medal is of the normal, standard size.

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