Auction Catalogue

4 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 128

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4 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£600

Seven: Acting Sergeant-Major A. J. R. McVeagh, London Rifle Brigade, late Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (42555 Corpl., 32nd Bn. Imp. Yeo.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (709 Sjt., 5/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (709 A.W.O. Cl.1, 5-Lond. R.); War Medal 1939-45; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (7025 Sjt., 5/London Regt.); Belgian Croix de Guerre, very fine or better (7) £200-250

McVeagh served with the 143rd Company, 32nd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, in South Africa from 28 May 1902. The regimental history confirms award of Belgian Croix de Guerre and mention in despatches for the Great War.