Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, EVII, awarded to Colour Serjeant T.W. White, East Surrey Regiment in Army Order 189 of 1903. He had earlier seen Boer War service where he had entitlement to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Cape Colony and South Africa 1901.
Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, EVII, (1604 C. SERJT. T.W. WHITE. E. SURREY. REGT.)
Condition: contact wear to obverse, Very Fine
Thomas William White was born in Lambeth, London on 2nd August 1868 and having enlisted on 13th April 1886 would initially serve at home before on 23rd February 1893 he travelled to Malta. Returning home on 29th October 1895, he would later travel to Australia on 18th March 1898 remaining there until his arrival in South Africa on 18th January 1900.
Taking part in the Boer War he would earn entitlement to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with claps for Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Cape Colony and South Africa 1901. He would return to Australia on 1st May 1901 and remained there until he returning to the UK on 16th March 1903. Earning the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in Army Order 189 of 1903, he would finally be discharged at his own request on 27th November 1905.
He would later rejoin during the Great War, attesting on 23rd August 1915, so aged 47, giving his previous service as 19 years and 229 days with the East Surrey Regiment and a further 9 years and 78 days with the Royal Canadian Regiment although there is no evidence of further overseas service.
