Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
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ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, World Medals, Africa, East And West Africa Medal, 1887-1900, single clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (1535. Pte. J. Thompson. 1/ W.I.R.); officially engraved in thin upright capitals. Toned, a few small marks in places, good very fine, reverse a little better.
James Freeman Thompson was born c.1873 at Clarendon, Porus, Jamaica, and he attested for service with the West India Regiment on 9 October 1894, having previously worked as a Carpenter. He served for five years and 100 days, including service in the West Indies, Sierra Leone and Bermuda, prior to a medical discharge in Jamaica on 16 January 1900 with 'Rheumatic Pains over body' which could relate to recurring Malaria or Dengue Fever (also known as 'Break bone fever' in the Caribbean).
Sold with copied service papers.
Estimate: £250-300
James Freeman Thompson was born c.1873 at Clarendon, Porus, Jamaica, and he attested for service with the West India Regiment on 9 October 1894, having previously worked as a Carpenter. He served for five years and 100 days, including service in the West Indies, Sierra Leone and Bermuda, prior to a medical discharge in Jamaica on 16 January 1900 with 'Rheumatic Pains over body' which could relate to recurring Malaria or Dengue Fever (also known as 'Break bone fever' in the Caribbean).
Sold with copied service papers.
Estimate: £250-300