Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A fine 1911 Coronation and ‘Annuity’ M.S.M. pair awarded to Warrant Officer Second Class L. W. Jones, Royal Artillery, late Uganda Rifles, who was present at the little-known Maluka Expedition of 1898 which attempted to deal with an outbreak of rinderpest disease and engage with Kikuyu tribesmen who had been rustling cattle

Coronation 1911 (79384. A/Serjt. Major L. W. Jones. R.A.) privately engraved naming; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (79384 W.O.Cl.2 L. W. Jones. R.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160

Leonard William Jones was born in Islington in 1872 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Dover Castle on 31 May 1890. Posted to India, Gibraltar and the East Coast of Africa, his Army Service Record is annotated: ‘Maluka Expedition, East Africa 1898, Uganda Mutiny 1898-9, Nandi Country 1900-’. Awarded the L.S.G.C, Medal in 1908, he was later the recipient of an annuity M.S.M. on 18 April 1950.