Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (3666 Pte. S. Boon, 1st Gloucester Regt.) good very fine £120-140

Samuel Boon was born in St. George’s, Bristol. A labourer by occuption, he enlisted into the Gloucestershire Regiment on 8 September 1892, aged 18 years, 4 months, having previously served in the 3rd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. With the 1st Battalion he saw service in Malta, November 1893-November 1895; Egypt, November 1895-February 1897; India, February 1897-September 1899; South Africa, September 1899-December 1900 and Ceylon, December 1900-December 1902. During the Boer War he served at the defence of Ladysmith, this being the only clasp on his Q.S.A. medal. Boon was transferred to the Army Reserve on 16 July 1903 and discharged on 7 September 1904. Sold with copied attestation papers