Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3877 Pte. M. Flynn. Liverpool Regt.) good very fine £160-200

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2000.

Martin Flynn was born in Ballaghadereen, co. Mayo, in 1868, and attested for the Liverpool Regiment at Warrington on 28 July 1892. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 7 November 1897 until 6 September 1902 (also entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal), and was taken Prisoner of War at Helvetia during the Boer War on 29 December 1900, being later released. He transferred to the Army Reserve on his return home, and was discharged on 27 July 1904, after 12 years’ service.