Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Private A. Perry, 2nd Essex Regiment, killed in action at Le Cateau 1914

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (7235 Pte., Essex Regt.); 1914 Star (8334 Pte., 2/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (8334 Pte., Essex R.) the first very fine, otherwise extremely fine (4) £200-250

Alfred Perry was born at Gosfield, Halstead, Essex, and served with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa. He landed with the 2nd Battalion in France on 23 August, and was killed in action on the 26th August 1914, at Le Cateau, the first day that the battalion saw action in the Great War. He is buried in Esnes Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.