Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Driver E. Lynham, Royal Field Artillery, late Somerset Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (72832 Dvr. E. Lynham, 44th. Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (72832 Dvr: E. Lynham. R.F.A.) nearly very fine and better (2) £120-£160

Ernest Lynham was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, around 1871. A labourer, he served initially with the 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and subsequently attested at Hilsea for the Royal Field Artillery on 25 April 1889. Appointed Driver, he was convicted of ‘riotous and disorderly’ conduct on 18 March 1895 and imprisoned for seven days. Transferred to Army Reserve the following year, Lynham was recalled in December 1899 and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 January 1900 to 10 April 1902.