Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin

Three: Inspector A. F. Jones, British South Africa Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Rhodesia (1342 Serjt:-Maj: A. F. Jones, B.S.A. Police); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1342 S.S. Mjr., B.S.A. Police); Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., fixed suspension (Insp. Alfred Francis Jones, B.S.A. Police) mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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L.S. & G.C. medal awarded in 1921.

Alfred Francis Jones joined the B.S.A. Police on 1 May 1901, and had previously served as a Trooper in the Matabeleland Relief Force Corps in the 1896 rebellion, for which he received the medal. He retired from the police in November 1922 to his home at Llangenny Crukhowel, Breconshire.