Five: Lance Corporal W. Brown, Imperial Yeomanry, later Yorkshire Hussars

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets (and glue) between state and date clasps (497 Pte. W. Brown. 9th. Coy. 3rd. Imp: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (2689 L-Cpl. W. Brown. York. Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2689 Pte. W. Brown. York. Hrs.); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1900-1901 (497 W. Brown) mounted court-style; together with the recipient’s Imperial Service badge, very fine and better (5) £400-£500

Walter Brown was born at Sheriff Hutton near York, in 1874. A farmer, he attested at York for the Imperial Yeomanry on 4 January 1900, serving in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 28 January 1900 to 8 June 1901. Returned home to England with his Squadron, Brown was discharged at his own request on 15 June 1901 and likely returned to employment at High Roan’s Farm, Strenshall, York. Returned to service during the Great War, Brown fought in France with the Yorkshire Hussars from 27 February 1915. Raised Lance Corporal, he transferred to the Corps of Hussars and was discharged on 11 February 1919.

Sold with a contemporary postcard photograph of the recipient in military uniform wearing the Imperial Service badge; together with copied research.