County: Cornwall
Issued on: Return
Dates of presentations: 19/07/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold pendant, suitably inscribed, to:
25th (West Somerset) Company, 7th Bn. Imperial Yeomanry –
7782 Trooper Joseph SPEAR
Presentation made by Miss Aldham (daughter of Canon Aldham), in the schoolroom, Broadock, Lostwithiel.
Spear also received a gold albert, gold sovereign case (filled), and framed illuminated address.
SEE ALSO: Lostwithiel
Western Morning News, 22/07/1901
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Cornishman, 25th July 1901
HONOURING A RETURNED WARRIOR.
A public tea, concert, and presentation was given in honour of Trooper SPEAR, on Friday last, at Broadock, Lostwithiel, upon his return from the war in South Africa. A large number took tea. Trooper SPEAR was drawn from his father’s residence to the schoolroom in Canon Aldham’s carriage, headed by a long procession of horsemen carrying flags. Miss Aldham made the presentation of a gold curbed albert, with gold pendant attached and an inscription upon the pendant, a gold sovereign-purse, filled with sovereigns, and an illuminated address with Trooper SPEAR’s photo on the top. Trooper SPEAR’s father at one time was hind at Trengwainton, Madron.
