Three: Private F. Wheatley, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, who was severely wounded at t...

Three: Private F. Wheatley, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, who was severely wounded at the Malakand Pass in April 1895 India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, second and third clasps unofficially affixed as usual (3783 Pte. F. Wheatley 1st Bn. Gord. Highrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Belfast (3783 Pte. F. Wheatley. Gordon Highrs.) suspension bar somewhat bent and re-soldered at each end; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3783 Pte. F. Wheatley. Gordon Highrs.) contact marks and edge bruising, suspensions slack, generally good fine (3) £400-£500 --- Frederick Wheatley attested for the Gordon Highlanders at Aberdeen on 18 March 1891, age 18, having previously served with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Yorkshire Light Infantry. He served in the Chitral Relief Expedition of 1895, and the subsequent operations on the Punjab Frontier and with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, and received a severe gunshot wound to the leg at the Malakand Pass on 3 April 1895 (London Gazette 15 November 1895, refers.) He was transferred to the Army Reserve in December 1898, but was recalled for service in the South African War, on 9 October 1899, and was again discharged to the Army Reserve in March 1903.