The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (345 Pte. L. Suchwell, C.I.V.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Leonard Suchwell was born in Paris, France in 1876. Initially a mechanic by occupation, he joined the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 22 January 1894 and served in South Africa with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He is shown in “Our Gazette” as serving as a cook in 1906 and he is recorded in the Volunteer Service Gazette and Military Dispatch of 15 May 1907 as serving in the rank of Sergeant in the 17th (North), Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Between 1911 and 1935, passenger lists show Suchwell sailing on a number of occasions between England and Cape Town. Residing in British Possessions overseas including Southern Rhodesia, his stated profession or occupation during this period was variously Civil Servant or Warder. Having married Georgette Clemence Charlotte Crouibois in Southend on Sea in July 1946, he died there the following year.