Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private A. Lees, Suffolk Regiment, later Bedfordshire Regiment, taken prisoner of war at Colesberg, 6 January 1900

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5105 Pte A. Lees, 1st Suffolk Regt); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5105 Pte A. Lees. Suffolk Regt); British War and Victory Medals (322237 Pte. Lees. Bedf. R.) very fine (4) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Suffolk Regiment.

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Arthur Lees was born in Hertford, and attested for the Suffolk Regiment at London in March 1898. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Second Boer War, and was taken prisoner of war at Colesberg on 6 January 1900 (published transcription of casualty roll erroneously gives service number as ‘5101’). Lees transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1908, and was discharged on 10 March 1910, having served 12 years with the Colours.