Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (8729 Gnr: J. H. Jones. 63rd. Coy. R.G.A.) very fine £60-£80

John Howard Jones was born in Clerkenwell, London, in 1877. A gardener, he witnessed extensive service with the Royal Garrison Artillery in Malta, Jamaica and South Africa, but his time was marred by periods of imprisonment with hard labour.