Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1512 Gnr: J. S. Dyson, C.I.V.) nearly extremely fine £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Joseph Samuel Dyson, the son of Edward Carman Dyson, served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Honourable Artillery Company contingent (C Sub-division in the City Imperial Volunteers Battery), and died of enteric fever in Pretoria on 25 October 1900, having taken his discharge. £100 was paid to his mother, Mrs E. Dyson, from the Relief Fund and a bronze plaque commemorating the recipient was placed in St. Michael’s Church, Stoke Newington.