The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals

Three: Fireman A. W. Squire, London Fire Brigade, late Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (39385 Pte. A. W. Squire, 32nd Bn. Imp. Yeo.); Coronation 1911, London Fire Brigade issue (Coachman A. W. Squire); London County Council / London Fire Brigade Good Service Medal, bronze (Fireman A. W. Squire), very fine and better (3) £160-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals.

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Albert William Squire was born in Notting Hill, London and enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry in January 1902, aged 23 years. He subsequently served out in South Africa in the 145th Company, 32nd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry from May 1902 to January 1903, in which latter month he returned home and was discharged at Aldershot.