Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Rhodesia (11209 Tpr: J. Stone, 61st. Coy. 17th. Impl: Yeo:) initial officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £160-£200

James Stone was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1875. A gymnastics instructor, he attested at Newbridge for the Imperial Yeomanry Volunteers on 1 February 1900. Posted as Trooper to the 61st (South Irish Horse) Company, 17th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, he died of disease at Umtali, Rhodesia, on 5 June 1900.