A 3 clasp queens south Africa for service in Anglo Boer War. Cape colony ,Transvaal and wittebergen clasps named to 4638 tpr w e meade 41st coy 12th imp yeo. William Edward meade was born at Alverstoke near Gosport in Hampshire he enlisted aged 27 years in 1900 . He served in South Africa with the 41st company 12th imperial yeomanry taking part in the battles of dewetsdorp & biddulphsberg noted on his records .