Orders, Decorations and Medals

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3152 Sergt. Farrier J. M. Merrifield, 11th Hussars) some contact marks, very fine £140-180

John Maker Merrifield was born in Tavistock, Devon. A Blacksmith by occupation and a member of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Devonport on 31 January 1888, aged 18 years. Transferred to the 11th Hussars in March 1890. Served in South Africa, July 1890-October 1892; India, October 1892-October 1899 and Egypt, October 1899-October 1900. Appointed a Corporal Shoeing-Smith in February 1895 and Sergeant Farrier in May 1897. Was twice tried by District Court Martial, and for being absent from parade and was reduced to Private in July 1900. Discharged as such on the termination of his first period of engagement 30 November 1900. In the 1911 Census he is listed as a Porter living in Exeter. He died in Exeter in 1929. With copied service papers and census extracts.