Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. W. Cheek, 2nd South African Infantry, late 4th Mounted Rifles, who was killed in action at Delville Wood, 18 July 1916

1914-15 Star (Pte. G. W. Cheek 4th. M.R.); British War Medal 1914-20, unnamed; Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Pte. G. W. Cheek. 2nd S.A.I.); Memorial Plaque (George William Cheek) good very fine (4) £120-£160

George William Cheek was born in Dansburg, Transvaal, and served during the Great War initially with the 4th Mounted Rifles in German South West Africa, before attesting for the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force at Potchefstroom on 24 September 1915, and served with the 2nd South African Infantry on the Western Front. He was killed in action at the Battle of Delville Wood on 18 July 1916, and is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France.

Sold with copied service papers, and a newspaper cutting photograph of the recipient.