Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (313. Pte. Alexander. S.J.A.B.) good very fine £160-£200

Private [S. A.] Alexander is also entitled to the Q.S.A., 1 clasp, Cape Colony, and the National Fire Brigade Union Ambulance Division silver medal (one of 44 issued). He served at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital and died in 1902 at Ilford, Middlesex, possibly from complications of typhoid fever, which he had contracted in South Africa.