Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between sixth and seventh clasps (26809 Sapr. J. P. Brennan. R.E.) engraved naming, edge bruise, very fine £140-£180

James Patrick Brennan was born in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, London, around 1872, and attested for the Royal Engineers in his home city on 8 August 1892. Posted to South Africa with the 1st Telegraph Division from 21 October 1899 to 8 October 1901, he was transferred to the Army Reserve on 30 April 1902 and awarded a South African War gratuity of £5 in June 1902. Discharged at Chatham a couple of years later, he likely returned to his civilian employment as a tailor.

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