Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (14211 Tpr. T. H. Spry, 47th Coy. 13th Impl. Yeo.) last clasp loose, nearly extremely fine £200-250

Trooper T. H. Spry, 47th (Lord Donoughmore’s) Company (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry was captured at Lindley 31 May 1900. Later released. The 47th Company, 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, nicknamed “The Millionaires’ Own”, was composed of gentlemen, including many Old Etonians. With copied research on the unit and action and with copied roll extracts.

Note: the published casualty roll lists his service number as ‘14210’.