Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2574 Pte. W. Cave, North’d Fus.) contact marks, edge bruising, about very fine £30-40

William Cave was born near Northhampton and enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers in November 1889, aged 21 years. In his subsequent career of 21 years with the Colours, he served in India between 1891-95, in Singapore between 1895-97 and in South Africa from November 1899 until August 1900, when he was invalided home. This latter posting, which included a stretch as a P.O.W.of the Boers after being captured at Stormberg on 10 December 1899, gained him the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for ‘Transvaal’, ‘Orange Free State’ and ‘Cape Colony’. Cave was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1908, and was discharged at Newcastle in November 1910, aged 42 years, when his conduct was described as ‘Exemplary.’