Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. Jack, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, later Air Mechanic, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (5511 Pte. A. Jack. A. & S. Highrs:); British War and Victory Medals (22968. 1.A.M. A. Jack. R.A.F.) very fine or better (3) £100-£140

Alexander Jack was born in Dundee in 1877 and attested for service with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Stirling on 2 September 1895. He served in India from September 1897 to April 1902, at which time he was posted to South Africa, serving in the campaign there with the 1st Battalion from 18 April 1902 until the conclusion of hostilities. He returned to England in May 1903 and transferred to the Army Reserve in June 1903. He received his final discharge on 1 November 1914.

During the Great War, Jack attested for the Royal Flying Corps and served with them as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class from 17 February 1916. He transferred to the Royal Air Force on its formation on 1 April 1918 and attained the rank of Air Mechanic 1st Class on 1 November 1918. He was transferred to the R.A.F. Reserve on 27 February 1919 and discharged on 30 April 1920.