Pair: Private L. Lepla, Royal Marines

China 1900, 2 clasps, Taku Forts, Relief of Pekin (L. Lepla., Pte. R.M., H.M.S. Centurion.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (L. Lepla. Pte. R.M., N.M.S. Naiad.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (2) £800-£1,000

Luke Lepla was born in Romsey, Hampshire, on 11 November 1875 and enlisted in the Royal Marines in London on 4 October 1895. He served in H.M.S. Centurion from 5 February 1897 to 19 September 1901, and then in H.M.S. Naiad from 4 May 1902 to 2 August 1904. He was discharged on 4 October 1907, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service.