Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private T. Jones, Shropshire Light Infantry

Hong Kong Plague 1894, 1 engraved clasp, China, silver issue (Private T. Jones, S.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Transvaal (4072 Pte. T. Jones, Shrops. L.I.) good very fine (2) £1200-1500

Thomas Jones was born in Knighton, Radnorshire in February 1873. An Engine Cleaner by occupation, he attested for the Shropshire Light Infantry at Manchester on 14 March 1893. With them he served in Hong Kong and in South Africa. He was transferred to the Army Reserve at the termination of his period of service at Shrewsbury on 7 September 1902, aged 29 years. He was discharged from the Army Reserve on 13 August 1909. Jones re-enlisted into the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry on 30 September 1914 and served with the B.E.F. in France. He was discharged on 8 June 1916 as ‘no longer physically fit for war service’, suffering from Neurasthenia.

With a number of original documents including: Parchment Certificate of Character 1902; Parchment Reserve Certificate 1903; Parchment Certificate of Discharge 1905; Parchment Certificate of Discharge from the Reserve 1909; Character Certificate 1916; Certificate of Discharge 1916; Ministry of Pensions papers (3).