Three: Captain J. H. Stevenson, East African Protectorate Forces, late Trooper, 60th (North Irish Horse (Belfast)) Company, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State (11030 Pte. J. H. Stevenson. 60th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) initials re-engraved; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. H. Stevenson.) mounted court-style for wear, minor edge nicks, good very fine (3) £300-£400

John Herbert Stevenson was born at Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, on 10 February 1876 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Belfast on 24 January 1900, serving with the 60th (North Irish Horse (Belfast)) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 7 April 1900 to 9 June 1901. Discharged on 9 August 1901, he subsequently emigrated to South Africa, and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the South African Expeditionary Force at Roberts Heights on 6 September 1916. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the East African Protectorate Force on 15 January 1917, and was promoted Captain on 1 June 1917. Relinquishing his commission following the cessation of hostilities, he was subsequently employed by the Rand Water Board, and died in Irene, Transvaal, on 8 September 1968.

Sold with two cap badges; War Records Office, East Africa enclosure for the two Great War medals, named to Capt. J. H. Stevenson, c/o Rand Water Board, P.O. Box 1703, Johannesburg, S.A.’, with part of the registered packet, similarly addressed; a bound copy of ‘An account of my experiences in South Africa as a Trooper in the 60th Squad., Imperial Yeomanry’, covering the period 5 April to 1 December 1900, which gives a good insight into the services of the recipient’s unit during the Boer War; a postcard photograph of the recipient; and copied research, including attestation papers, the recipient’s Will, and photographic images.