Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1060 Drvr: J. A. Dobree, C.I.V.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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John Awdry Dobree was born in Lee, Kent in 1877, the son of Edward Henry Dobree, a Shipping Agent, and joined the Honourable Artillery Company in 1897. He served with the B Sub-division of the City Imperial Volunteers Battery in South Africa during the Boer War. In 1911 he was living at his family residence, Udney Hall, Teddington, Middlesex and gave his occupation as Shipping Clerk. In 1929, he married Ivy Ann Lord, a Cruft’s winning breeder of Pekinese dogs. He died in 1937.