QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL-MASTERS CAPE POLICE

Queens South Africa Medal (type 3 reverse) clasps: CAPE COLONY/ORANGE FREE STATE Named to: 2232 PTE.W.MASTERS.CAPE POLICE. Medal about good very fine, suspension bar slightly twisted, and slack. Clasps confirmed on roll. William Edward Masters was born on 7th March, 1880,at Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester .He attested for the Cape Police on 13th April 1901.At some point, he returned to England, as he is recorded as living at 5, Argyle Street, Lancaster in the 1911 census. He died in 1939. Cape Police Records available online.