Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private J. Little, Rifle Brigade, who was wounded in the relief of Ladysmith operations

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3660 Pte., Rifle Bde.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3660 Pte., Rifle Brigade), slightly polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (2) £160-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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James Little was born in Preston, Lancashire and enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in April 1895, aged 19 years. Drafted to the 1st Battalion in Singapore in October of the following year, he returned to the U.K. in early 1898 and was re-embarked for South Africa in October 1899. Little subsequently served throughout the Boer War and was wounded at Tugela Falls on 20 February 1899, while a member of ‘I’ Company. Transferred to the Army Reserve in November 1902, he was finally discharged in April 1907.