Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private A. Mills, Hampshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5505 Pte. A. Mills. 2 Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5505 Pte. A. Mills. Hampshire Regt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (5505 Pte. A. Mills. 1st Hamp. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (15599 Pte. A. Mills. Hamps. R.) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (4) £500-£700

Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008.

Alfred Mills was born in Kilburn, London. A fireman by occupation, he attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 11 January 1899. With them he served in South Africa from April 1900 until March 1902; in India from March 1902 to February 1903; in Aden between February and June 1903; and in Somaliland from June 1903 until June 1904. In June 1900 he was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment with hard labour for quitting his post whilst on sentry duty without being relieved - his sentence was subsequently commuted to three months by Lord Roberts. He was discharged on the termination of his first period of engagement on 10 January 1911.

In February 1915, when employed as a tram driver, Mills attested for service for the duration of the War. Serving with the 12th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, he entered the Western Front on 21 September 1915. As a Sergeant he was transferred to “Z” Class Reserve in March 1919 and was finally discharged a year later. He died on 15 April 1943.

Sold with copied service papers and medal index card.