Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private H. T. Johnson, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (5436 Pte., L.N. Lanc. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1900, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5436 Pte., 1st L.N. Lanc. Regt.) initial corrected and given as ‘T’; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5436 Pte., L.N. Lanc. Regt.) initial given as ‘T’, contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £700-900

D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901.

Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ despatch to the Secretary of State for War, dated 4th September 1901.

Henry Thomas Johnson was born in Mile End, London, and enlisted for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 19 January 1897, at the age of 18 years 6 months. He served in South Africa from 25 February 1899 to 17 September 1902, and was discharged in January 1909. Sold with copy service papers.