Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Trooper J. A. Heyworth, 23rd (Lancashire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry, later Army Service Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (28812 Tpr J. W. [sic] Heyworth. 23rd Coy Imp: Yeo:); British War and Victory Medals (M-33423 Pte. J. A. Heyworth. A.S.C.) some scratches, generally very fine (3) £140-£180

Joseph Arthur Heyworth was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1879 and attested for service during the Boer War with the 23rd (Lancashire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry. The medal roll extract in relation to the award of his QSA notes the incorrect second initial on his medal. He subsequently served during the Great War with the Army Service Corps and died in Nelson, Lancashire, in 1951.