Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant H. J. Ireson, 1st Dragoon Guards, later Machine Gun Corps and County of London Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4396 Pte. H. Ireson, 1st. Dgn: Gds:); 1914 Star (4396 Pte. H. J. Ireson. 1/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (4396 Sjt. H. J. Ireson. 1-D. Gds.) contact marks, heavily polished and worn, the QSA fine, the Great War trio good fine (4) £200-£240

Henry J. Ireson attested for the 1st Dragoon Guards and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and subsequently during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 August 1914. He later served with the Machine Gun Corps and the County of London Yeomanry.