Three: Private T. A. N. Bolton, 1st Middlesex Royal Engineers Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Captain, Royal Munster Fusiliers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Belfast (600 Pte. T. Bolton C.I.V.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. T. A. N. Bolton.); together with a Hammersmith Boer War Tribute Medal, bronze, the obverse inscribed ‘Hammersmith is grateful and proud of you’ within a wreath surround, the reverse plain, the edge engraved in capital letters ‘Pte. Thos. Arthur Nassau Bolton. C.I.V.’ with bronze brooch pin embossed in silver with the words ‘South Africa’ (ref. Hibbard A.13); and a Southern Command Sports Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Hockey 1920-21, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers. Capt. T. A. N. Bolton.’ good very fine (5) £300-£400

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

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Thomas Arthur Nassau Bolton was born on 23 October 1880. He joined the 1st Middlesex Royal Engineers Volunteers in 1897 and was employed as a clerk by John Barker & Co. before leaving to serve with No. 2 Mounted Infantry Company, City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the York and Lancaster Regiment on 24 July 1901, was promoted Lieutenant on 20 December 1902, and resigned his commission on 18 June 1904.

After the outbreak of the Great War, Bolton was appointed Lieutenant, General Reserve of Officers on 19 August 1914 and promoted temporary Captain, 7th Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) on 14 December 1914. Appointed Adjutant on 10 March 1915 he served on the Western Front from 17 February 1916, transferring as Temporary Captain, Royal Munster Fusiliers on 15 May 1916, and Captain, 1st Battalion, on 1 November 1916. He retired on 18 August 1922 in the rank of Captain and received a gratuity, remaining in the Reserve of Officers until 23 October 1930.