Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, last clasp unofficially affixed (541 Bugr. T. Matthewson. 9th. Coy. 3rd. Imp: Yeo:) good very fine £100-140

Thomas Matthewson (also spelt Mathewson) was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, in 1880, and attested there for the Imperial Yeomanry on 23 January 1900, having previously served with the 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Appointed a Bugler, he served with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 28 January 1900, and was discharged on 15 June 1901.