Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Colour Sergeant J. Tallett, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (2222 Clr:-Serjt: T. [sic] Tallett. Rl: Warwick: Regt); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2222 C. Sjt: J. Tallett. Rl. Warwick Regt) contact marks, generally nearly very fine or better (2) £100-£140

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009.

James Tallent, a baker, attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Warwick on 22 October 1887, aged 18 years, 7 months. He attained the rank of Colour Sergeant in September 1900 and was awarded the Long Service Medal in 1908. With the regiment he served in India, November 1890-December 1891; Ceylon, December 1891-March 1893; and South Africa, December 1901-September 1902. Tallent was discharged at Lichfield on 24 October 1908.