Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (5702 Pte. J. Pratt. Essex Regt.) good very fine £80-£100

John Pratt was born in Bramford, Suffolk, and attested foe the Suffolk Regiment at Buxhall, Suffolk, on 11 November 1884. He served overseas with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma for 6 years and 37 days, and was discharged, times expired, 1896, and subsequently enlisted in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Essex Regiment. Mobilised on the outbreak of Boer War, he served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa in 1900, before reverting to the Militia on 1 August 1900.