A Boer War Mounted Infantry Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal operations and Great War Western Front group awarded to Private J. Hampson, Royal Lancaster Regiment who was attached to the Mounted Infantry for his Boer War service where he would take part in the operations in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal and would later serve in the Great War where he would arrive on the Western Front on 12th September 1914.
Group of 4: Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 3 Clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; (6416 PTE. J. HAMPSON. RL: LANC REGT. M.I.) 1914 Star with bar 5th Aug-22nd Nov 1914; (6416 PTE. J. HAMPSON. R. LANC. R.) British War Medal and Victory Medal; (6416 PTE. J. HAMPSON. R. LANC. R.)
Condition: Good Very Fine
John Hampson saw service as a Private (No. 6416) with the Royal Lancaster Regiment – Mounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War where he would take part in the operations in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. He would later see service during the Great War, again with the Royal Lancaster Regiment with whom he disembarked in France on 12th September 1914
