Queens South Africa Medal to a Recipient in the South Wales Borderers who was Killed in Action in 1914 Whilst Serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Queens South Africa medal with three clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Johannesburg, ‘6001 PTE. C, HENNESSEY. S. WALES B:’ Cornelius Hennessey from Cork, Ireland attested for service in the South Wale Borderers on 13th August 1898 aged 18. He served for 12 years and 323 days including 2 years and 254 days in South Africa before his discharge on 12th August 1910. He was imprisoned for 14 days with hard labour in September 1905. During the Great War he was serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers (service number 10940) was presumed killed on 30th October 1914.Cornelius Hennessy (sic) is remembered on the Menin Gate, Ypres. Medal and 3 clasps are confirmed on the roll of the 2nd Battalion, he is also entitled to the Kings South Africa medal and a 1914 Star trio for the Great War.