Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Squadron Quatermaster Sergeant T. McKee, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3321 Lce. Sergt. T. Mc.Kee, 4th Dragoon Gds.); China 1900, no clasp (3321 Sergt. T. J. [sic] McKee. S. & T. Corps); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (3321 S.Q.M. Sjt: T. Mc.Kee. 4th Drgn: Gds:) mounted court-style for display, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £700-£900

Thomas McKee was born in Armagh and attested there for the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 27 December 1887. He served with them overseas in India from September 1894 to October 1900; in China from October 1900 to July 1901; in India from July 1901 to August 1903; in Somaliland from August 1903 to August 1904; in India from August to October 1904; in South Africa from October 1904 to February 1907; and in South Africa from July 1907 to November 1908. He was discharged in December 1908, but following the outbreak of the Great War re-enlisted in the Remount Branch of the Army Service Corps in April 1915. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve in August 1919.