Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (3420 Pte. P. Tye, 10th Hussars) nearly extremely fine £300-350

Percy John Tye was born in Croydon, Surrey and enlisted into the Corps of Hussars of the Line on 5 November 1894. Posted to the 10th Hussars, he served in South Africa from 6 November 1899 to 10 January 1902. He was wounded at Rhenostar on 31 July 1900 (Casualty roll quotes initial as ‘G’). He was discharged to the Army Reserve and paid a war gratuity in September 1902 and discharged from the reserve in 1906. Sold with copied service papers.