Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Bombardier T. Wainwright, Royal Horse Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (81709 Bomb. T. Wainwright, P.B., R.H.A.) rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (81709 Bomb: T. Wainwright. R.H.A.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £160-£200

Tom Wainwright was born in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, in 1872 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 19 November 1890. He transferred to the Reserve on 19 November 1897, but was recalled to Army Service on 9 October 1899, and served with ‘P’ Battery in South Africa during the Boer War from 28 October 1899 to 6 September 1902. He was appointed Acting Bombardier on 1 August 1900, and was subsequently promoted Bombardier. He was discharged on 18 November 1902, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts (the latter which show his rank on the QSA roll as ‘Acting Bombardier’).