County: Monmouthshire
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 10/05/1902
Number issued: 4
Gold medals, suitably inscribed, to:
3rd Bn. South Wales Borderers (Militia) –
4463 Private James AMOS
4682 Private George JAYNE
6579 Private Thomas PALMER
Shropshire Engineers (Reserve) –
???? Sapper George JONES
Presentation made at the White Hart Hotel, Abersychan.
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Western Mail, 12th May 1902
A company numbering about seventy sat down to a cold spread at the White Hart Hotel, Abersychan, on Saturday on the occasion of presentations of suitably-inscribed gold medals to local heroes in recognition of services rendered for their country in South Africa. The recipients were George JONES, Reservist in the Shropshire Engineers; and James AMOS, George JAYNE, and Thomas PALMER, members of the Breconshire Militia. Mr. W. Barratt presided, and the medals were presented by Mr. Smith, secretary to the fund.
