Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Saddler Quartermaster Sergeant T. Hallett, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (69136 Sgt.-Cr-Mr: T. Hallett, 43rd. Bty: R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (69136 Sad: Q.M.Sjt: T. Hallet [sic]. R.F.A.) minor contact marks, very fine (2) £120-£160

Thomas Hallett was born in Bridport, Dorset, in 1866, and attested at Hilsea for the Royal Field Artillery on 19 October 1888. A baker by trade, he served in India and South Africa from 27 January 1900 to 16 September 1901. His Army Service Record adds that he passed a collar maker’s course at Cawnpore on 26 September 1891 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in 1907. He was later discharged from the 136th Battery, R.F.A., on 28 March 1912 after 23 years with the Colours.