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[ IGS 1854 (1) Samana 1891 ];
QSA (4) Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4370 Pte. T. Dyson, K.R.R.C.);
[ 1914 Star trio ]

Footnote
Thomas Dyson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, in 1870 and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 21 February 1888, having previously served with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, West Riding Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from November 1890 to January 1896, and saw active service with the Miranzai Expeditionary Force under Brigadier General Sir W S A Lockhart from April to May 1891.

Transferring to the Army Reserve in February 1896, Dyson was recalled for War service, and served in South Africa during the Boer War from December 1899 to 8 January 1901 (also entitled to a South Africa 1901 clasp). He was discharged, time expired, in May 1901. He saw further served on Malta from July 1901 to June 1903, and then with the Rifle Brigade as a Special Reservist during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 November 1914 (also entitled to a ). He was discharged medically unfit on 12 October 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Sold together with a Relief of Ladysmith King’s Royal Rifle Corps Reserve Battalion commemorative embossed ribbon; and copied research.

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QSA (5) Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (6221 Pte. W. Gill, K.R.R.C.);
KSA (20 (6221 Pte. W. Gill. K.R.R.C.);
British War and Victory Medals (25141 Pte. W. Gill. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.)

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QSA (4) Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 (2138 PTE J. BAINES K.R.R.C.);
AGS 1902 (2) Somaliland 1902-04 and Jidballi (2138 PTE J. BAINES 4TH K.R.R.);
[ 1914 Star trio ]

C&T state both medals and all clasps are confirmed on the medal rolls for the 4th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps, only 105 Jidballi clasps issued to the Regiment. Recipient is also entitled to a 1914 Star trio. Joseph Baines was a resident of Sheffield when he attested for the Regiment on 26th October 1899, he served in South Africa from February 1902 until January 1903 when the Regiment moved to Somaliland where they stayed until July 1904. He then returned to the UK where he married in 1911. On the outbreak of war in 1914 Joseph Baines was now serving in C Company, 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps and he landed in France on 9th November 1914. On 5th January he was wounded but sadly died of his wounds in the Dressing Station, he was 1 of 2 Battalion fatalities that day. Joseph Baines now rests in an identified grave in Le Touret Military Cemetery Richebourg -L’Avoue, France.