Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1902 (7289 Pte. R. Raymont, Gren. Gds.) slight edge bruising, fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Anglo-Boer War.

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Richard Raymont was born in West Hatch, Weston, Somerset. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Grenadier Guards at Bristol on 16 February 1898, aged 19 years, 6 months. With the 3rd Battalion he served in Gibraltar, September-October 1899; South Africa, October 1899-October 1900 and again, April-July 1902. With some copied service papers, roll extract and census research.