KING'S SOUTH AFRICA Medal Silver. Ribbon with two clasps "SOUTH AFRICA 1901" and "SOUTH AFRICA 1902" awarded on the edge "Capt F.E.B. ISHERWOOD York & Lanc Rgt" Gross weight :37 g T.T.B. Francis Edward Bradshaw ISHERWOOD (1869-1915), of the York & Lancaster Regiment of which he was Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915 . He died in action at Zillebeke (2nd Battle of Ypres) in Belgium in 1915, leading a desperate assault. He is the father of the writer Christopher Isherwood.