Pair: Colour Sergeant H. Perrett, Hampshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (3185 Sejt. H. Perrett, 2: Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3185 Cr:-Serjt: H. Perrett. Hampshire Regt.) contact marks, very fine (2) £180-£220

Henry Thomas Perrett was born in Gosport, Hampshire, in 1872 and attested there for the Hampshire Regiment on 7 August 1890, having previously served with the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He was advanced Sergeant on 22 October 1898, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 4 January 1900 to 28 September 1902, being advanced Colour Sergeant on 24 January 1902. For his services during the Boer War he was Mentioned in Lord Robert’s Despatch of 4 September 1901 (London Gazette 10 September 1901).

Perrett was posted to the Permanent Staff of the 3rd Battalion on 16 April 1903, and was discharged on 6 October 1906, after 16 years and 61 days’ service. He died in October 1909.

Sold with copied record of service and other research.