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I Have just purchased a single KSA to a Thomas Roster 3251 Shropshire L.I.,
as a rule i try not to purchase broken groups and pairs any more but this was an exception
due to the fact he is commemorated on my Parish war memorial, and fortunately i have all his research on file
fingers crossed that his other medals have survived
Thomas Roster

Place of birth, St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury around 1871
Enlisted Shrewsbury: 25 June 1890, formerly (4th Militia South Wales Borderers),
Service number: 3251, 2nd Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry,
Served South African war from 7 November 1899 to 16 August 1902
Awarded Queens Medal with clasps: Cape-Colony-Paardeberg-Drefontien-Transvaal
Kings Medal with clasps 1901-02
Discharged at Shrewsbury August 1902

WW1 Service Special Reserve 6838, 2nd Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry,
Landed in France 5th February 1915:
Died of Wounds, received in the trenches on the (17th Feb) 24th February 1915, Age 44,
Medal entitlement 1914/15 Star War & Victory Medals: & Memorial Plaque

Thomas Roster had served only three weeks in France before he fell

Additional information,
(Wellington Journal and Shrewsbury News February 1915)
In the lists of soldiers of the 3rd K.S.L.I., reported in the official lists this week as wounded, appears the name of Pte. Thomas Roster, 6838, of Shrewsbury, whose relatives, have since learned the sad news that he had died from his injuries; Pte Roster was employed in the goods department of the London and N.W. Railway at Shrewsbury. On the outbreak he volunteered for active service and was accepted having previously served in the Boer War, obtaining both Kings and Queens medals, he was wounded on the 17 whilst serving with the Expeditionary Force, and died on the 24 in Boulogne hospital, he leaves a wife Sarah and four children who reside at 4 Bulls Row, Ditherington, Shrewsbury.

kind regards Philip

Fingers crossed for a re-unite, Philip.