Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal E. Lilly, Military Mounted Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (425 Corpl: E. Lilly. Mil: Mtd: Police); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (25 Corpl: E. Lilly. Mil: Mtd: Police.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-£160

Edwin Lilly was born in Dover, Kent, in 1874 and attested for the 3rd Dragoon Guards at Canterbury on 2 May 1892. He transferred to the Military Mounted Police on 1 March 1898, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 October 1899 to 11 November 1902. He was discharged at his own request at Aldershot on 16 May 1910, after 18 years’ and 15 days’ service.

Sold with copied record of service.