Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (T. Winchester, Ch: Sto: H.M.S. Magicienne.) extremely fine £80-£120

Thomas Winchester was born in Millbrook, Cornwall on 13 May 1863 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 12 July 1872. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 21 July 1892. Advanced Chief Stoker on 21 August 1897, he served in H.M.S. Magicienne during the Boer War. Shore pensioned on 30 July 1902, he later joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, with service number DEV/A 706, serving for a few months from 2 August 1914 to 19 October 1914, for which he was subsequently awarded a British War Medal.