The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1330 Gnr: P. J. T. Symes, C.I.V.) good very fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Percy James Thomas Symes was born in Yeovil, Somerset in 1859. A publisher of books, he joined the Honourable Artillery Company on 9 March 1891, while giving his address as 8 Hornsey Rise, London. He is recorded as being expelled from the H.A.C. on 21 October 1895 but served with the A Sub-division of the City Imperial Volunteers Battery in South Africa during the Boer War. Following the war he lived in Islington, his occupation being that of journalist/author.