Description
Queen’s South Africa, 3 bars, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, SA 1901, 4000 Private Thomas “Tom” Flitter, 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Officially impressed: “4000 Pte T. Flitter. Rl: Berks Regt”
Confirmed on the medal roll, the medal being issued in mid 1901 with the 2 clasps, having been invalided home he was later awarded the single SA 1901 dated clasp, which has been attached by wire.
Full entitlement of medals.
Suspension slightly slack, some scratching to obverse
Born on 27th April 1870 in Great Marlow, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
His family was all born in Berkshire, apart from him and his older brother who were born whilst living in Buckinghamshire, his father was a Shepherd.
Medal roll dated 26th August 1901 written at De Aar in South Africa, recalls the issue of the medal with 2 clasps noting that he was “Invalided to England.”
Following the Boer War, the later medal roll dated 21st May 1903, written at Alexandria, Egypt recalls entitlement to the SA 1901, being issued loose later.
The remarks for this roll that by that time of writing he had been sent “To England Demobilisation.”
During World War 1, Thomas re-enlisted in his old regiment, he enlisted on 7th December 1914 and was discharged on 15th November 1916, being found no longer physically fit for war due to a valvular disease of the heart.
He served with the 37th Training Reserve Battalion, Royal Berks.
The 37th Training Reserve was the 9th (Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He never left the UK during that time and was issued no medals for his service, only the Silver War Badge with number 69731.
He died in Brentford during July 1936.
By 1936 his wife was claiming his Widow’s Pension, Mrs Ada Sarah Ellen (nee Ross) Flitter, 3 Long Lane, Brentford, Stanwell, Middlesex.
