Five: Private N. McCann, Cheshire Regiment, later Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4057 Pte. N. Mc.Cann, Cheshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4057 Pte. N. Mc.Cann. Cheshire Regt.); 1914 Star (7824 Pte. N. Mc.Cann. 1/R.W. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (7824 Pte. N. Mc Cann. R.W. Fus.)
Condition very fine
Nicholas McCann, a crofter, was born in Stockport in 1882 and attested for the Cheshire Regiment on 1 February 1899. He fought with the 4th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War and later served in France with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers from 11 August 1914. Admitted to No. 39 Casualty Clearing Station in 1918 suffering from influenza, he survived the campaign and was issued the clasp to his 1914 Star in 1923.
