British Campaign and Gallantry Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4882 Pte. A. W. Lee, 12th Lancers) edge bruise, good very fine £100-140

Alfred W. Lee was born in Peckham, London. A Carman (?) by occupation, he attested for short service with the Lancers of the Line, at London, on 18 January 1900, aged 18 years, 10 months. Posted to the 12th Lancers, he served in South Africa, March 1901-October 1902, and in India, October 1902-November 1907. Returning home, he was transferred to the Army Reserve in January 1908 and discharged on the termination of his first period of engagement, 17 January 1912. With copied service papers.