A rare long service group of four to Constable A.F. Clegg, British South Africa Police, late S. A. C. and Rhodesia Native Regiment

QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Tpr., S.A.C.); BRITISH WAR andVICTORY MEDALS (Sjt., Rhodesia N. Regt.); ARMY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT, G.V.R., suspender bar 'Southern Rhodesia' (Constable, B.S.A.P.), mounted court style for display, with contact wear and polished, good fine or better, the last very rare (4)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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Alfred Frederick Clegg joined the Royal Navy in 1907 following several years with the South African Constabulary, including service in the Boer War, but in 1910, after twice receiving voluntary discharge from the former service, he enlisted into the ranks of the British South Africa Police. With the exception of wartime employment in the Rhodesia Native Regiment, during which time he was wounded and taken prisoner, Clegg served 22 years with the B.S.A.P., and was commended for his 'promptitude and action in arresting two very dangerous criminals' on 19 April 1914. In light of a charge for drunkeness committed outside duty hours, Clegg had to personally apply for his L.S. & G.C. award which was finally granted in 1932.