Simplify the following text for a Grade 18 native English-speaking person.
Original: A few months later , after the Queen 's death , King Edward VII personally presented Burnham with the Queen 's South Africa Medal with four bars for the battles at Driefontein ( Mar 10 , 1900 ) , Johannesburg ( May 31 , 1900 ) , Paardeberg ( February 17 â `` 26 , 1900 ) , and Cape Colony ( October 11 , 1899 â `` May 31 , 1902 ) , in addition to the cross of the Distinguished Service Order , the second highest decoration in the British Army , for his heroism during the `` victorious '' March to Pretoria ( 2 â `` 5 June 1900 ) .
Simplified: After the Queen 's death , King Edward VII presented Burnham with the Queen 's South Africa Medal with four bars for the battles at Driefontein ( Mar 10 , 1900 ) , Johannesburg ( May 31 , 1900 ) , Paardeberg ( February 17 â `` 26 , 1900 ) , and Cape Colony ( October 11 , 1899 â `` May 31 , 1902 ) , in addition to the cross of the Distinguished Service Order , as a hero .