Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (1496 Gnr: A. G. Deane, C.I.V.) edge bruise, polished, nearly very fine £120-£160

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

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Arthur George Deane was one of just 9 men from the 1st Sussex Artillery Volunteers to serve with the City of London Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He was invalided home on 25 April 1900 with an ‘eye injury’, and was granted £50 by the C.I.V. on 31 May 1901 for ‘loss of eye’. Despite this, he served in Kitchener’s Horse with No. 23187 from 10 December 1900 until 18 June 1901 when he was discharged ‘Time Expired’ (additionally entitled to Orange Free State and Transvaal claps). His discharge documents say ‘To live at Park House, Loughborough.’

Colonel Boxall was appointed Depot Commandant of the C.I.V. on 6 February 1900. The C.I.V. was recruited from London Volunteer Regiments; however, since Colonel Boxall had been an officer of the Sussex Artillery Volunteers since April 1873, he asked for nine or ten volunteers from his old regiment to join the C.I.V. for active service in South Africa. Deane was one of those volunteers.