Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5430 Pte. J. Leigh. W. York: Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine £50-£70

James Leigh was born in Liverpool in 1881 and attested for the Liverpool Regiment at Seaforth on 11 January 1899, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 20 October 1899 to 2 June 1904 (additionally entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State, and Transvaal), and in India from 2 October 1906 to 26 January 1911, during which period he saw active service in the Mohmand Country on the North West Frontier in 1908 (additionally entitled to the India General Service Medal with clasp). He was discharged on 28 January 1911 after 12 years and 18 days’ service.

Sold with copied record of service.