Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant C. E. Purvor, Army Service Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, top two clasps unconfirmed (6183 S-Sgt. Clr-Mkr: C. E. Purvor. A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6183 S.Serjt. Sdlr: C. E. Purvor. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (6183 S:Q.M.Sjt. C. E. Purvor. A.S.C.) contact marks, very fine (3) £240-£280

Charles Edward Purvor was born circa 1869. He attested into the Commissariat and Transport Corps at Aldershot on 11 April 1885, and served in South Africa during the Boer War. His L.S. & G.C. was issued under Army Order 189 of 1905 before his discharge on 9 April 1906. He died in Essex on 9 January 1936.