Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major A. Amey, Army Service Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Belfast (Capt., A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., A.S.C.) very fine (2) £280-320

Arthur Amey was born on 7 December 1868. From the Militia he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Fusiliers on 17 January 1891; transferring to the Army Service Corps in April 1892. In the A.S.C. he was promoted to Lieutenant in March 1893 and to Captain in April 1899. Serving in the Boer War he was awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two. In January 1906 he attained the rank of Major. In The Times of 16 October 1906, Amey is one of a number of officers exonerated in the report of the South African War Stores Commission. Major Amey died in Stoke Newington, London on 11 January 1907.

With copied roll extracts, death certificate and other research.