Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, unofficial rivets between clasps (4536 Pte. J. Heaps. 2d. Bn. K.O. York. Lt. Infy.) very fine £140-£180

James Heaps was born in Leeds in 1873 and attested there for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on 5 February 1894, having previously served in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. He served with the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the Punjab Frontier 1897-98, and was slightly wounded by gunshot to his right thumb on 29 January 1898.

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