Pair: Private P. Newport, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (3931 Pte. P. Newport. 1/Oxfd. L.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3931 Pte. P. Newport. Oxford: L.I.) toned, contact marks, good very fine (2) £140-£180

Percy Newport, a labourer from St. Clements, Oxford, was born around 1874. He attested into the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 1 June 1892, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 31 May 1899. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War and was discharged on 30 May 1904. He re-enlisted with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 29 August 1914 for service during the Great War, and served in the Egyptian theatre from 31 August 1915, later transferring to the Labour Corps. He was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 29 March 1919.