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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 658

Pair: Trooper L. Thayers, Royal Horse Guards

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (471 Tpr: L. Thayers, R.H. Gds:); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (471 Tpr. L. Thayers. R.H.G.), light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2)

Leonard Thayers was born in 1876 at Horsham, Sussex. He attested for the Royal Horse Guards on 14 November 1894 and served in South Africa from 11 December 1899 - 28 November 1902. Described as an 'honest, sober, trustworthy man', Thayers was discharged after 24 years and 76 days of service. He retired to 31 Goldington Buildings, Crowndale Road, St Pancras, on a pension of 13.5d a day for life, and died on 20 January 1948; sold with extensive copied service record.



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£290