Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Drummer R. Perritt, Hampshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (4082 Dr: R. Perrett, 2: Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4082 Dmr: R. Perrett. Hampshire Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4082 Dmr: R. Perrett. Hants: Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine, the LS&GC better (3) £240-£280

Richard Perrett was born in Gosport, Hampshire, in 1875 and attested there for the Hampshire Regiment on 24 May 1893, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. Appointed a Drummer on 20 June 1897, he served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War 4 January 1900 to 28 September 1902, and was discharged on 29 July 1911, after 18 years and 67 days’ service. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 280 of October 1911. In later life he was employed as a Civilian Storekeeper at the Fleet Air Arm Station, and died in Eastleigh, Hampshire, on 10 February 1950.

Sold with copied service record; a group photographic image of the recipient as part of the Football Team that won the Inter-Company League Cup in 1907; and other research.