Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Four: Private E. Lee, Rifle Brigade
Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4086. Pte: E. Lee 2/R. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4086 Pte. E. Lee. Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4086 Pte. E. Lee. Rifle Brigade.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, unnamed as issued, mounted for wear, minor edge bruising overall, generally nearly very fine or better

Five: Lance Corporal C. Lee, Royal Engineers
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, mounted for wear, with named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. C. Lee 11 Garth Terr, Penyard, Methyr Tydfil, S. Wales’ and enclosure slip, generally good very fine (9) £400-500

Edward Lee was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, in January 1878. He was employed as a Collier prior to his attestation in the Rifle Brigade at Pontypridd in October 1895. Lee served with the 2nd Battalion in the Sudan, during the Occupation of Crete, and in South Africa. He was discharged 21 October 1907, having served 12 years with the Colours. Lee died at Merthyr Tydfil in 1966.

M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946 (Mediterranean).

Cyril Lee was the son of the above, and was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, in August 1915. He served as a Lance Corporal in the Royal Engineers during the Second War. Lee died at Merthyr Tydfil in August 2011.