Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (7585 Pte. T. J. Jones, S. Wales Bord.), unofficial clasp rivets, polished, good fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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Thomas Jones, who was born in Abergavenny, Wales, enlisted in the South Wales Borderers in January 1900, aged 21 years, direct from the 4th (Militia) Battalion and his duties as a fireman. Drafted to the 2nd Battalion, he was embarked for South Africa, where, in March 1901, he transferred to Warren’s Mounted Infantry; sold with copied research.