Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private T. Perren, Royal Fusiliers, who died in India on 7 May 1920

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3391 Pte. T. Perrin [sic]. Rl: Fus:); 1914 Star (10379 Pte. T. Perren. 4/R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (L-10379 Pte. T. Perren. R. Fus.) 1914 Star and BWM both officially re-impressed, suspension to QSA loose, good very fine and better (4) £140-£180

Thomas Perren served in South Africa during the Boer War with the 5th Battalion (City of London Regiment), Royal Fusiliers. Transferred to the 4th Battalion, he disembarked in France on 13 August 1914 as part of 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, and was likely engaged in the Battles of Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne. Transferred to India on garrison duties, Perren died in the late spring of 1920, likely in consequence of disease. His name is commemorated upon the Kirkee 1914-18 Memorial at Poona, near Bombay.