Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (818308. Ord. H. Kenyon. H.M.S. Terrible.) engraved naming, edge bruise, light contact marks, good very fine £240-£280

Harry Kenyon was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, on 11 July 1878, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 31 August 1894. He joined H.M.S. Terrible on 24 March 1899, and served in her in South Africa during the Boer War, being advanced Able Seaman on 1 August 1900. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve at Chatham on 17 June 1905, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1914, before being recalled to the Service following the outbreak of the Great War, and served in various shore based establishments. He was finally discharged on 23 August 1922.

Note: The Medal roll notes that Kenyon received a duplicate medal.