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19 & 20 July 2017

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Lot

№ 216

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19 July 2017

Hammer Price:
£340

Pair: Private H. Legg, 5th Lancers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Belfast (3672. Pte. H. Legg. 5. Lcrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3672 Pte H. Legg. 5th Lancers.) edge bruise to QSA, nearly extremely fine (2) £160-200

Harry Lewis Legg was born in 1871, in Reigate, Surrey, in 1871, and attested for the 5th Lancers on 20 May 1889, having previously served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Transferring to the Army Reserve in 1897, he was re-called to the Colours for service during the Boer War on 13 November 1899. He was discharged after his 1st period of engagement on 24 May 1902. He subsequently served as a Sussex County Police Constable in East Preston, Worthing, Sussex, and died in Worthing in 1951.