Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Warrant Officer J. W. Allin, Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, later Leicestershire Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Belfast (4817 Pte. J. Allen, Impl: Yeomanry) note incorrect spelling of surname; British War and Victory Medals (205004 W.O. Cl. 2. J. W. Allin. Leic. Yeo.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (814 Sjt: J. W. Allin. Bucks: (R.B.H.) I.Y.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (H-205004 W.O. Cl. II. J. W. Allin. Bucks. Yeo.) mounted as worn, good very fine and a scarce group (5) £800-£1,000

John William Allin served with the 37th Company (Buckinghamshire), 10th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, in South Africa. His Q.S.A. is confirmed on the roll of the Divisional Headquarters I.Y. where he is shown as servant to Captain W. de Winton. He was awarded the Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C. in AO of February 1908, and the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in AO 369 of 1920. He served during the Great War with the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry and later the Leicestershire Yeomanry.