China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (4259 Pte. D. Jones. 2nd Rl: Welsh Fus:) good very fine £360-£440

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jim Henshaw Collection of Medals to the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

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David Jones was born at Aberdare, Glamorgan, and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, form the Carmarthen Royal Artillery Volunteers, at Merthyr Tydfil on 12 March 1894, aged 23 years 2 months, a collier by trade. He served abroad in India, November 1894 to November 1897; Malta, November 1897 to January 1898; Crete, 5 January to 2 August, 1898; Egypt, 3 August to 10 September, 1898; Crete again to 13 December 1898; China, 14 December 1898 to 25 December 1902. He was discharged in 11 March 1906.

Sold with copied discharge papers which confirn service during the ‘Occupation of Crete 1897-8’ and in China at the Relief of Pekin.