A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers

A good Order of St. John group of five awarded to Corps Officer T. Lamb, St. John Ambulance Brigade, late East Riding of Yorkshire Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6 Ordly. T. Lamb, St. John Amb. Bde.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902, bronze (6 Pte. T. Lamb, Hull Corps); Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (5749 Sjt. T. Lamb, 2/E.R. of Y. R.G.A.V.); St. John Service Medal, with four silver bars, one of them of the ‘5 Years Service’ variety (2394 Supt. T. Lamb, H. & B. Rly. (Springhead Loco.) Div., No. 6 Dist., 1921) the second with officially corrected unit, the third with crudely repaired suspension, the first and last very fine or better, the remainder with edge bruising, contact marks and polished, fine or better (5) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers.

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Ex Barrett J. Carr Collection, D.N.W. 21 September 2007.

Thomas Lamb joined the Hull Springhead Locomotive Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in September 1897, served in the Hull Corps in the Boer War and was promoted to Superintendent in May 1908 and Corps Officer in May 1923. In the interim, he also served in the East Riding of Yorkshire Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers as a Sergeant-Instructor of Stretcher Bearers. Lamb was admitted to the Order of St. John as a Serving Brother on 19 April 1918 and finally retired in the rank of Corps Officer in 1946. He died on 7 August 1953. With copied research.