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Auction: 26002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 116

Five: Private J. Tierney, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, late 13th Hussars

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (2860 Pte. J. Tierney. 13 Hrs.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2860 Pte. J. Tierney. 13 Hrs.); 1914-15 Star (2336 Pte. J. Tierney. Yorks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2336 Pte. J. Tierney. K.O.Y.L.I.), the first two late issues, very fine (5)

Joseph Tierney was born in 1866 at Stoke-upon-Trent and was a collier by trade upon his joining the 13th Hussars at Pontefract in September 1888. Transferred to the Reserve in August 1896, he was recalled to serve with the 14th King's Hussars from October 1899 during the Boer War and served in South Africa from December 1899 until August 1902. Discharged again on 23 August 1902, he settled at Normanton, Yorkshire.

Returned to the fold during the Great War, Tierney served in France with the 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from April 1915 until December 1917.

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Estimate
£160 to £200

Starting price
£130