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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 77

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Kimberley (2853 Pte. T. Lawton, 2: Shrops: Lt. Inft.), very fine and rare

Provenance:
Ex-Geoff Archer Parfitt Collection.
Purchased December 2002.

Just 2 'Relief of Kimberley' clasps to the unit, this unique as a single clasp Medal.

Thomas Lawton was born at Brockton, Shropshire in 1869 and enlisted into the Shropshire Light Infantry in June 1888. He served with the unit in Hong Kong from December 1891 until December 1894 and formed part of the 'Whitewash Brigade' following the outbreak of bubonic plague. His Hong Kong Plague Medal has appeared at auction at Glendining's in February 1919, B.D.W. in December 1995 and Noonan's 19 April 2023.

Lawton thence served in South Africa during the Boer War from 7 November 1899 until 22 June 1900. He appears to have returned to the fold with the Army Service Corps (No. 173221) during the Great War.

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Sold for
£280

Starting price
£190