Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2646 Pte. T. Dunn. Manch: R.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Thomas Dunn attested for service in the Manchester Regiment in August 1889, initially serving at the Depot at Ashton Under Lyne. He was posted to 1st Battalion for service in India in 1891, later transferring to 2nd Battalion. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in 1897, but was recalled for war service in the South African War. He served in 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, attached to the 7th Battalion Mounted Infantry. His service papers record the issue of the Queen’s Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, together with the King’s Medal with two clasps. This is contradicted by the medal roll which shows the clasps as they appear on this medal. He was discharged at Aldershot from 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment on 15 June 1902. The medal roll also notes that replacement medals were issued in 1925.

Sold with copied research.