Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. Sir J. H. Heaton) nearly extremely fine £80-100

John Henniker Heaton was born in April 1877, the eldest son of the famous postal reformer, John Heaton, who was created a Baronet in 1912. A veteran of active service in the Boer War, when he served in the 10th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry (Medal and 3 clasps), John, Jnr., succeeded to the baronetcy in September 1914 and went on to witness further action in the Great War, firstly with the 8th Australian Light Horse, 1914-16, and thereafter with the 1st Welsh Horse. He died in 1963.