Four: Staff Sergeant T. W. Bartlam, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Ironbridge Corps, St. John Ambulance

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, clasp block loose on riband, as issued (371 Ordly, W. T. [sic] Bartlam. St John Amb: Bde;); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (371. Pte. T. W. Bartlam Ironbridge Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (24301 S. Sjt. T. W. Bartlam. R.A.M.C.) mounted for wear with the Great War pair first, contact marks, some staining to VM, otherwise very fine (4) £600-£800

Thomas Walter Bartlam was born in Ironbridge, Shropshire, on 13 February 1881. He joined the Ironbridge Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and served in South Africa during the Boer War. He later attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps for service during the Great War and was appointed Staff Sergeant. He died in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, aged 79, on 11 January 1960.

Sold together with copy medal roll extracts.