{"product_id":"queen-s-south-africa-medal-with-laing-s-nek-bar-private-james-holland-royal-lancashire-regiment","title":"Queen’s South Africa Medal with ‘Laing’s Nek’ bar – Private JAMES HOLLAND – Royal Lancashire Regiment","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eReference: MM-MED-0012\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eYou are looking at a Queen’s South Africa Medal inscribed ‘736 Pte J.HOLLAND. R: Lanc: Regt’, with single bar ‘Laing’s Nek’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eAccording to the available service records, JAMES HOLLAND, a butcher by profession, first enlisted into the 3\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e (Militia) Battalion of the Royal Lancaster Regiment in March 1884, with his address at the time recorded as 8 Fletcher Street (off Marple Street) in Hulme.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eOn the 29\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of July 1884, so less than five months after joining the Militia, he then enlisted into the Royal Lancaster Regiment as a regular soldier, and over the coming years, he was promoted, and was a corporal by September 1888, however, he was convicted of an act to the prejudice of good order and was reduced to the ranks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eJAMES was transferred to the ‘Reserve’ in December 1889, and he was discharged from the army on the 27\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of July of 1896, however, the next entry in his statement of service shows him having attested again, on the 31\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e of July 1896, four days after his discharge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eHe served with the 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e Battalion of the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, from the 24\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of February to the 12\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of August 1900, and he was present at ‘Laing’s Nek’, a series of battles fought against Boer forces from the 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e to the 10\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of June 1900, and it is assumed JAMES sustained injury at Laing’s Nek or suffered illness shortly afterwards, making him unfit for further service, because, according to the ‘Roll of Individuals Entitled to the South Africa Medal \u0026amp; Clasps’, he was ‘invalided’ on the 6\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of July 1900.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eJAMES HOLLAND (believed to be JAMES HENRY HOLLAND), the son of CHARLES and SARAH HOLLAND, was born c1867 and baptised in the Parish of the Holy Trinity in Hulme near Manchester on the 6\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of October that year. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eHe married JANETTE GEMMELL in 1898. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eHaving returned from South Africa, JAMES was back in England and appearing in the 1901 Census taken on the 31\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e of March that year, and he was now employed as a railway porter. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eJAMES appears to have survived his wife, who is likely to be the JANET HOLLAND whose death was registered at Nantwich in the December quarter of 1936, and JAMES himself died on the 26\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of May 1939. He was 71 years old (born c1867\/68) according to the record, and he died at the Nantwich Poor Law Institution, 200 the Barony in Nantwich, Cheshire. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eSELLER NOTE = Supporting documentation obtained and \/ or created during my research into this medal will be provided.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003ePostage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003ePostage within the United Kingdom is \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e£4.85\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e via Royal Mail Tracked 48 with signature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eInternational postage is charged at a \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; font-weight: normal;\"\u003eflat rate of £14.95\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e using a tracked service. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eIf the actual postage cost within the UK or to the destination country is lower than the amount charged, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; font-weight: normal;\"\u003eany overpayment will be refunded after dispatch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maddox Medals \u0026 Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54219407130970,"sku":null,"price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/7180\/6042\/files\/Holland1.jpg?v=1780253106","url":"https:\/\/maddoxmedals.co.uk\/products\/queen-s-south-africa-medal-with-laing-s-nek-bar-private-james-holland-royal-lancashire-regiment","provider":"Maddox Medals \u0026 Militaria ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}