A SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1879 WITH 1879 CLASP TO T. SULLIVAN/T. ...

A SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1879 WITH 1879 CLASP TO T. SULLIVAN/T. COOK OF THE 99TH FOOT. A South Africa medal with 1879 clasp named to 2155 Pte T. Sullivan 99th Foot. Sullivan appears to also have served under the name Thomas Cook: 'I Thomas Sullivan do declare that I was enlisted on the 24th day of October 1877 under the name of Thomas Cook which name I now declare to be incorrect. The name in the accompanying certificate of birth I now declare to be my true name'. The name T. Sullivan does not appear on the roll, however 2155 T. Cook does. Provenance: The Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Benskin Green Collection, purchased 2nd February 1943 from Baldwin for for 8s 6d. Loaned to 'The Wardrobe' Military museum Salisbury by Dr J. Green 1982 - 2026.

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