KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BOER WAR MEDAL PAIR 4259 TEMPLE GALLIPOLI ROYAL FUSILIERS WW1

Offered is a good K.O.S.B. Boer War medal pair to Private Thomas Temple, who was a tough old soldier, who was recalled to the colours to serve in the Boer War and who later re-joined to serve on Gallipoli at the age of 42.

Queens South Africa Medal (1899-1902)  with 3 clasps, CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, JOHANNESBURG,; Kings South Africa Medal (1901 -02) with 2 clasps, SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902, both impressed named 4259 PTE T. TEMPLE. K.O. SCOT: BORD. Comes with copies of Boer War service papers & medal roll, WW1 service papers, medal index card, medal rolls, silver war badge list & basic research.

Thomas Edward Temple was born in 1871 at South Windlesham, Surrey. He was working as a groom when he enlisted on 22/6/1892 at London with the 4^th Hussars and was given the regimental number 3374. He was 21 years old at the time and had been previously rejected. However, on 3/11/1892 he transferred to the 3^rd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borders with the new service number 4259, and served until 22/6/99 in England when he transferred to the Army Reserve.

On the outbreak of the war in South Africa, he was recalled to the colours 18/2/1899 and to the 1^st Battalion with whom he served within South Africa 27/6/99 – 19/9/1902, then returned to England. He was discharged on 21/6/04 and was living in London working as a chauffeur when he enlisted 4/2/1915 (42 years old) to the 5^th Battalion Royal Fusiliers with the service number G/12479, posted to the 2^nd Battalion 23/4/15 and served Gallipoli 18/5/15 – 9/2/1916 when he was sent back to the R.F Depot London (probably too old for active service/sick from Gallipoli) and on the 20/5/1916 posted to the 1^st Garrison Battalion, The Buffs, 27/6/17 to the 2/4^th Battalion Norfolk Regiment (U.K. Garrison) service number 33263, being discharged 27/3/1918 due to sickness which could probably be attributed to his Gallipoli service. The 1939 census records his as working as a civil service messenger. He died on 25/5/1947.