An Interesting Medal Group of 3 to a Soldier in the Hampshire Regiment Who Died of Heatstroke During the Somaliland Campaign in 1903, Queens South Africa medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, ghost dates visible on reverse of medal, impressed naming,’5754 PTE W. OSGOOD, 2: HAMPSHIRE REGT’, Kings South Africa medal with clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, impressed naming,’5754 PTE W. OSGOOD HAMPSHIRE REGT’, Africa General Service medal, EVII, with clasp Somaliland 1902-04, impressed naming, ‘5754 PTE. W. OSGOOD 1ST HAMP: REGT’. Information supplied with this group indicates that Private Osgood died of the effects of heatstroke on 27th June 1903 at Behindula whilst on the march to Upper Sheikh. The Register of Soldiers Effects confirms his death on this date and at this location.All medals and clasps are confirmed on the relevant rolls but on the roll for the Kings South Africa medal he is marked as now deceased with an additional note stating Private Osgood did not have enough service to qualify for this medal but that his parents have refused to return the medal. Late Rod Flood collection