Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6759 Pte. J. Diston. Oxford: L.I.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruising, dark toned, very fine £100-£140

James Albert Diston was born in Epsom, Surrey, in 1882 ansd attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Croydon, Surrey, on 21 January 1901. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 14 April to 4 October 1902, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 20 Janaury 1909. Recalled to the Colours on 5 August 1914, he served with the 3rd Battalion at home during the Great War, before transferring to the Military Foot Police on 26 June 1917. He was discharged, Class ‘Z’, on 25 February 1919. He did not qualify for any Great War medals, his entire Great War service being at home. He was subsequently a Warder at H.M.P. Portland.

Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.