Six: Sergeant E. A. Neave, South African Mounted Rifles, late Natal Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2647 Tpr. E. A. Neave, Natal Police); Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Tpr. E. A. Neave, Natal Police); 1914-15 Star (Sjt. E. A. Neave, 2nd S.A.M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. E. A. Neave, 2nd S.A.M.R.); Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., swivel suspension (No. 781 Sgt. E. A. Neave, 3rd Rgt. (S.A.M.R.)) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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L.S. & G.C. medal Union Gazette 9 January 1920.

Edward Arthur Neave was born on 2 August 1883. He went to South Africa as a young man and served as a trooper with the Natal Police in the Boer War, and subsequently in the Natal rebellion of 1906. He served with the 2nd South African Mounted Rifles during the Great War and was with the 3rd S.A.M.R. at the time of receiving his L.S. & G.C. medal in 1920. He eventually retired to live at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and died on 4 August 1960, aged 77.