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Auction: 22133 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 419

(x) Pair: Corporal T. Goodyear, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (2956 Corl T. Goodyear, 2: D. of C.Lt. Infy.) unofficial rivets between state and date clasps; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R. (Thomas Goodyear.), mounted as worn, minor contact wear, very fine (2)

Thomas Goodyear was born at Micheldever, Hampshire in 1872. Enlisting with the Suffolk Regiment on 4 September 1888 he was posted to the 2nd Battalion before transferring to the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry on 21 May 1889. Posted to South Africa on 5 November 1899 he saw heavy action during the Second Boer War, being present for the actions at Paardeburg - where they suffered heavily - and Driefontien as well as the Guerrilla phase of the war. Goodyear survived the war and went on to become a postman, winning the Imperial Service Medal for his work in Birmingham in May 1932.

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