The Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment formed by the late Michael Hayward

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (145 Pte. T. G. Briggs, 1st Coy. Wilts. Imp. Yeo.) nearly extremely fine £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment formed by the late Michael Hayward.

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Thomas George Briggs was born in Kent. A Searcher by occupation and a former member of the King’s Royal Rifles, he attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Trowbridge on 3 January 1900. Posted to South Africa with the 1st Company Wiltshire Yeomanry, he died of Enteric Fever at Winburg on 27 January 1901. With copied service papers and roll extract.