British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. Sir J. H. Heaton) extremely fine £150-200

John Henniker Heaton was born on 19 April 1877, the son of Sir John Henniker Heaton, (1st Baronet, created 1912) and Rose, only daughter of Samuel Bennett of New South Wales. He was educated at Eton. In the Boer War he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry and was awarded the Queen’s medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet in 1914. In the Great War he was with the 8th Australian Light Horse in 1914 (his m.i.c. shows ‘3rd L.H. Bde. H.Q.’) and in 1916 he was a Captain in the Welsh Horse. Sir John Henniker Heaton died on 21 February 1963. With copied medal roll extract, m.i.c. and other research.