Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (546 Pte. A. P. Sendall, C.I.V.) small edge nick, 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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Arthur Page Sendall was born in Lambeth, London in 1878. Initially a clerk and then a printer’s overseer by occupation, he joined the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in 1898 and served with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He was one of just 8 men from his volunteer unit to serve with the C.I.V.

Following the outbreak of the Great War Sendall attested for the Army Service Corps on 10 December 1915, was mobilised on 3 April 1918, served in Mesopotamia with the Expeditionary Force Canteen from 3 May 1918 until 26 May 1919. He was demobilised on 11 July 1919 and died in 1942.