Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private F. H. Meens, Essex Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (5033 Pte. T. H. Meens, 1: Essex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5033 Pte. F. C. Meens, Essex Regt) note different initials, light contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-160

Frederick Henry Meens was born in 1879, in Bromley-by-Bow, London, and attested for the Essex Regiment on 14 January 1898. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Boer War, being present at the Relief of Kimberley, the and battles of Paardeberg, Driefontein and Belfast. He went on to serve in India until 1905 and transferred to the Army Reserve in 1910. He died in 1939 and is buried in Woodford Green Cemetery, London.
His brother, Samuel Meens, was killed in action at Gallipoli whilst serving with 1st Battalion Essex Regiment on 6 August 1915.