Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Gunner J. Young, Royal Horse Artillery

Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (64438 Gnr. J. Young. R.H.A.) mounted court-style for display together with the riband for the Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, very fine and better (2) £100-£140

James Young was born in 1868 and enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery on 2 November 1887. Posted to India per S.S. Malabar the following year, he served during the Boer War as Bombardier in “R” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in October 1907. Young later served during the Great War with the 589th H.S. Company, Labour Corps, being discharged on 4 February 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge in consequence of sickness.

Sold with copied research including Coronation 1911 Medal roll extract.