Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Gunner J. MacLean, Royal Horse and Field Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War at Nitral’s Nek on 11 July 1900

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (64721 Gnr. J. McLean. R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (64721 Gnr. J. McLean. R.F.A.) right hand side clasp carriage broken on QSA, very fine (2) £160-£200

James McLean, a native of Aidree, Lanarkshire, attested for the Royal Artillery on 23 November 1887. Transferring to the Reserve on 23 November 1894, he was recalled for service during the Boer War, serving in South Africa from 17 February 1900 to 29 August 1902, and was taken Prisoner of War at Nitral’s Nek on 11 July 1900. He was discharged on 22 November 1903.