| Postal Cover 5 1/2 Inches by 3 1/8 Inches (14.2 cm x 8 cm) To Mrs. Linington From No. 161 Lance Corporal George Linington 2nd Vol. Coy., 2nd Battalion, the Royal Hampshire Regiment 31 July, 1901 During his relatively short deployment to South Africa ( 1 year, 59 days) Linington earned entitlement to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with the clasps: “South Africa 1901”, “South Africa 1902”, “Cape Colony”, “Orange Free State” and “Transvaal”. His service papers also state that he was injured while on active service in a railway accident on Easter Sunday 30 March, 1902 at Barberton in the Eastern Transvaal. Forty- three members of the regiment were killed in the accident and George Linington was one the about forty who were injured after the train’s driver lost control on a steep down grade. |
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| Above: The 2nd Volunteer Service Company, the Royal Hampshire Regiment in a photograph taken near Barberton just prior to the train derailment of 30 March, 1902. Lance Corporal George Linington is one of the shirt sleeved men in this group. This image was taken from a 1902 edition of The Graphic. |