TOPIC:

Pair to Private G. T. Peel, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (632 Pte. G. T. Peel. 9th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1900-1901 (632 J. [sic] Peel) minor edge bruising, good very fine (2)

George Taylor Peel was born in Barnsley in 1875. A shoeing smith, he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry on 22 March 1900, serving 189 days in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. According to the recipient’s Army Service Record, he witnessed action at Virginia Siding - likely when British forces attempted to force their way across the Vet River in May 1900 - before being discharged at his own request on 17 January 1901.


Courtesy of Noonans

Pair to Private F. Randall, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (20622 Pte. F. Randall. 109th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (Pte. F. Randall.) good very fine and better (2)

Frederick Randall was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, in 1878. A groom, he attested at Chippenham for the Imperial Yeomanry on 25 January 1901, serving in South Africa with the 109th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, Imperial Yeomanry, from 25 March 1901 to 29 August 1902.


Courtesy of Noonans

Pair to Corporal S. T. Dickinson, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (26152 Corpl: S. T. Dickinson. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (26152 Cpl. T. Dickenson [sic].) very fine (2)

Thomas Dickinson was born in Halton, Yorkshire, around 1865. A groom, he served in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, during the Boer War.

Courtesy of Noonans

Pair to Trooper H. Thornton, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (30086 Tpr: H. Thornton. 9th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (30086 Pte. H. Thornton.) edge bruise to second, very fine and better (2)

Harry Thornton was born at Coldhill, Leeds, in 1876. A cab driver, he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry, serving in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 16 March 1901 to 10 November 1901. A single man, he was discharged medically unfit on 11 December 1901 and likely returned home to his father’s grand property at 35, Hanover Square, Leeds.


Courtesy of Noonans

Pair to Trooper J. W. Nicholson, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (32403 Tpr: J. W. Nicholson. 109th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (32403 Pte. J. W. Nicholson.) contemporary straight bar swivel suspension to second, very fine (2)

John W. Nicholson was born in Hull around 1874. A groom, he attested at Doncaster for the 109th (Yorkshire) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, on 28 February 1901, serving in South Africa from 23 March 1901 to 17 November 1901, prior to being discharged as inefficient on 20 November 1901.

Courtesy of Noonans

Pair to Trooper H. A. Franklin, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between clasps (26127 Tpr: H. A. Franklin. 12th. Coy. Imp. Yeo.); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (26127 H. A. Franklin.) mounted as worn, edge bruising, very fine (2)

Herbert Allen Franklin attested for the Imperial Yeomanry and served with the 12th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War.

Courtesy of Noonans