A Great War ‘M.M.’ group of six awarded to Private A. R. Manton, Royal Dragoons

Military Medal, G.V.R. (4150 Cpl. A. R. Manton. 1/Rl. Drgns) renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (4150. Pte A. R. Manton 1/Rl. Drgns) renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4150. Pte A. R. Manton 1/Rl. Drgns.) renamed; 1914 Star, with clasp (4150 Pte A. R. Manton. 1/Dns.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (1DN-4150 Pte. A. R. Manton. 1 - Dns) contact marks, good fine and better (6) £200-£240

Albert R. Manton attested for the 1st Royal Dragoons and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with 3, not 6, clasps, and the King's South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps). He saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 October 1914, but the M.M. and Mention in Despatches are both unconfirmed and appear to be entirely self-awarded.