Captain David William Edward Domville
(1880-1908), Devonshire Regiment

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Captain David William Edward Domville
(1880-1908), Devonshire Regiment

The medal is the Queen's South Africa Medal with four bars:

• Orange Free State, awarded to troops serving in the Orange River Colony at any time between 28 February 1900 and 21 May 1902.
• Transvaal, awarded to troops serving the Transvaal at any time between 24 May 1900 and 31 May 1902, who received no other clasp for action in the Transvaal.
• South Africa 1901: Awarded to those not eligible for the King's Medal although they had served at the front between 1 January and 31 December 1901.
• South Africa 1902: Awarded to those not eligible for the King's Medal although they had served at the front between 1 January and 31 May 1902.

The Queen's South Africa Medal was authorized in 1900 and awarded to all who served in South Africa between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902. It is made of silver and has a diameter of 1.52 inches. The obverse shows a crowned and veiled effigy of Queen Victoria, facing left, with the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. The reverse shows Britannia holding the Union Flag in her left hand and a laurel wreath in her right hand. In the right background are troops marching to the coast abd in the left background are two men-of-war. Around the top are the words 'SOUTH AFRICA'. The ribbon consists of five stripes: red, dark blue, orange, dark blue and red.

While Captain David Domville was serving in South Africa, he picked up the germ that led to his fatal illness at Queens College, Oxford, while he was preparing for Ordination.

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