Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private T. Cannon, Yorkshire Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4697 Pte. T. Cannon, 2: Yorks: Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4697 Pte. T. Cannon. York: L.I.) pawnbroker’s marks on edges of both, suspension claw re-pinned and loose on last, therefore generally nearly very fine (2)
£140-180

Thomas Cannon was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire. He served in the 3rd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment prior to attestation in the Yorkshire Light Infantry at Belfast, August 1894. He served with the Regiment in India, 1897-99 (entitled to India General Service Medal 1895-1902 with ‘Punjab Frontier 1987-98’ clasp); served with the Regiment in South Africa 1899-1902 (Service papers only show entitlement to Queen’s South Africa Medal with Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State and Transvaal clasps, and King’s South Africa Medal). He was discharged in July 1906, and died in 1949.