Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901 (16442 Tpr. M. R. P. Ellis, 69th Coy. Imp. Yeo.) edge bruising, contact marks, very fine £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Sussex Yeomanry.

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Maurice Raynor Ellis was born in London. A Bank Cashier by occupation, he attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Eastbourne on 24 February 1900, aged 24 years. Served in South Africa, 31 March 1900-2 May 1901. Discharged at his own request on 3 June 1901.