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CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 729


Three: Serjeant H. L. Evitt, Essex Imperial Yeomanry, late City Imperial Volunteers


QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg (971 Pte., C.I. V.) mounted in that order; DEFENCEMEDAL, unnamed; IMPERIAL YEOMANRY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (661 Serjt., Essex I.Y.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3)


£500-600


Awarded the Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C. by Army Order May 1907. A total of 14 L.S. medals awarded to the unit. With a note stating: ‘Officer in Home Guard WW2’.


730


Pair: Corporal H. Newland, Coldstream Guards


QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (979 Pte., Cldstm. Gds.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (979 Corpl., Coldstream Guards) both with claws refitted, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2)


£80-100 731


Five: Serjeant T. Chant, Royal Garrison Artillery, late South African Constabulary


QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (755 3rd Cl. Tpr., S.A.C.); 1914-15 STAR (43686 Bmbr., R.G.A. ); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (43686 Sjt., R.A.); DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed, very fine (5)


£200-250


Tom Chant was born in Stockbridge, Southampton on 29 March 1882. He enlisted into the South African Constabulary at Bloemfontein on 8 March 1901 and served as a 3rd Class Trooper until his discharge at Bloemfontein on 8 March 1904. A Labourer by occupation he enlisted at Andover, Hampshire on 1 September 1914. He married Delcie Ada Palmer at Walthamstow Parish Church on 1 June 1915; he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 10 July the same year. Sergeant Chant, 90 Heavy Battery R.G.A. was transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 14 April 1919. He was to serve in the armed forces for a third time during the Second World War. Tom Chant died at Freemantle Farm, Houghton, Hampshire on 26 March 1966, aged 83 years.


With a quantity of original papers, including: Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates; S.A.C. Discharge Certificate; Regiment of Artillery ‘The Small Book’; Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; letter of thanks from the C.O. of the 80th Brigade R.G.A.; Soldier’s Demobilization Account paper; a leather wallet; together with a number of photographs - including one as a Sergeant during the Second World War.


732 Pair: Gunner A. R. Brown, Pom Poms Section Royal Field Artillery


QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (84762 Gnr., R.F.A.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Gnr., Pom Pom Sec. R.A.) contact marks, very fine (2)


£180-220


Augustine Robert Brown was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. A Bottle Washer by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 9 May 1891, aged 18 years. Transferred to the Army Reserve in May 1898, he was recalled for service in October 1899. He served overseas as a Gunner in the R.F.A. in South Africa, 12 November 1899-9 July 1902, latterly serving as a Gunner with 1 pdr. Maxims (Pom Poms). After the war he was transferred to the Reserve in April 1903 and was discharged in May 1903. With copied service papers and roll extract.


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