Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2498. Pte. J. Lee. 2-21st. Foot.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £500-£700

James Lee was born in Chirk, Denbighshire, in 1859 and attested for the 23rd Brigade at Wrexham on 25 September 1877. He served with the 2nd Battalion, 21st Foot in South Africa from 22 February 1879 to 4 January 1882, and subsequently in India from 5 May 1882 to 30 November 1883. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 15 October 1889, and was discharged on 14 October 1893, after 16 years’ service.