Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (2233 Pte. I. Richardson, 1st. Suffolk Regt.) edge bruise, good very fine £80-£100

Isaac Richardson was born in Polstead, Suffolk, in 1870 and attested for the Suffolk Regiment at Ipswich on 2 July 1888. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt from 17 December 1889 to 10 February 1891, and then in India from 11 February 1891 to 31 January 1896. Transferring to the Reserve on 4 February 1896, he re-joined the Colours on 21 February 1891 and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 November 1899 to 6 May 1901. He was discharged on 1 July 1901, after 13 years’ service, and was subsequently employed as a Post Office Porter. He died Hadleigh, Suffolk, on 14 October 1942.

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