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[ IGS 1854 (1) Samana 1891 ];
QSA (4) Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4370 Pte. T. Dyson, K.R.R.C.);
[ 1914 Star trio ]

Footnote
Thomas Dyson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, in 1870 and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 21 February 1888, having previously served with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, West Riding Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from November 1890 to January 1896, and saw active service with the Miranzai Expeditionary Force under Brigadier General Sir W S A Lockhart from April to May 1891.

Transferring to the Army Reserve in February 1896, Dyson was recalled for War service, and served in South Africa during the Boer War from December 1899 to 8 January 1901 (also entitled to a South Africa 1901 clasp). He was discharged, time expired, in May 1901. He saw further served on Malta from July 1901 to June 1903, and then with the Rifle Brigade as a Special Reservist during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 November 1914 (also entitled to a ). He was discharged medically unfit on 12 October 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Sold together with a Relief of Ladysmith King’s Royal Rifle Corps Reserve Battalion commemorative embossed ribbon; and copied research.