Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (P. J. Conlon, Sto., H.M.S. Dwarf) good very fine £100-140

Patrick Joseph Conlon was born at Coolaney, Co. Sligo, Ireland, on 1 February 1880, and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 11 February 1899. Joining H.M.S. Dwarf on 31 August 1899, he was promoted Stoker on 19 November of that year, and served in Dwarf off South Africa during the Boer War, before transferring to a shore base on 27 May 1902. He joined the Armoured Cruiser Bedford on 5 November 1903, and was discharged from the Royal Navy on 16 May 1905. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day, and served with them for five years, before taking his final discharge on 16 May 1910.