Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private H. Petherham, Somerset Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1406 Pte. H. Petherham. 2-Som.L.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1406 Pte. H. Petherham. 2-Som.L.I.) mounted for wear, both somewhat later issues, the KSA with fixed suspension, polished, contact marks, good fine (2) £100-£140

Henry Petherham was born in Churchill, Somerset, in 1868. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1886 and served at Home and in India, before serving in South Africa during the Boer War. He was discharged in 1902 but attested into the Monmouthshire Regiment for service during the Great War. In April 1916 he transferred into the Royal Defence Corps and was discharged in April 1919. In August 1920 he was admitted as an In-Pensioner to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where a replacement QSA was issued to him. He died in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire in 1961, aged 91.