Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (42230 Pte. T. J. Crothers. 133rd. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) nearly extremely fine £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Queen’s South Africa Medals to the Imperial Yeomanry.

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Thomas James Crothers was born in Belfast, Antrim in 1875 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Belfast on 17 January 1902. He served with the 133rd (Irish Horse) Company, 29th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 May 1902 to 6 January 1903, and was discharged at Aldershot on 16 January 1903, after 1 year’s service.