Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (8615 Dvr: T. Green, 13/Bty: R.F.A.) unit partially officially corrected, edge bruising and light pitting, nearly very fine £120-£160

M.M. London Gazette 11 October 1916.

Thomas Green was born in Lodden, Norfolk, in 1876 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 22 February 1895. Posted to No. 13 Battery on 1 May 1897, he served with the Royal Field Artillery in South Africa from 15 May 1897 to 19 September 1901, and subsequently in India from 20 September 1901 to 6 April 1904. He was discharged on 21 February 1907, after 12 years’ service.

Following the outbreak of the Great War he re-enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery at Hull on 5 September 1914, and served during the Great War on the Western Front with 42nd Brigade from 13 September 1914 until 25 June 1916, where he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 June 1916) and awarded the Military Medal. He transferred to the Military Foot Police on 11 January 1918, before being discharged to the Army Reserve on 25 February 1919.

Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extracts; and medal index card.