Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Trooper W. Eyres, Border Mounted Rifles

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (358 Tpr., Border M.R.); together with a Lostwithiel Tribute Medal 1899-1902, obverse, three towers, ‘A Tribute of Gratitude from the People of Lostwithiel and Neighbourhood’, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Trooper W. Eyres, Natal Border Mounted Rifles, South Africa 1899-1902’, 52mm., silver-gilt medallion, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, in fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine, rare (2) £800-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Boer War Tribute Medals formed by the late George Williams.

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Not listed in Hibbard.

Willie Eyres was born in Lostwithiel, Cornwall in 1871. In the 1881 Census he is listed as living with his father, a Mortar Mason, his mother and siblings at Bridge Street, Lostwithiel. Eyres served in South Africa with the Border Mounted Rifles, 29 September 1899-10 October 1900.

With cloth label (to be sewn on to the lining of his tunic), inscribed in ink giving his name, rank, unit, nearest kin and address. Also with copied roll extracts.