Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant H. E. Seales, Gloucestershire Regiment attached 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, late Worcestershire Yeomanry

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. Seales.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (Lieut. H. E. Seales. Glouc. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1430 Sjt. H. E. Seales. Worc. Yeo.) generally extremely fine, scarce (4) £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from an Africa Collection.

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Harry E. Seales was born in Aston, Birmingham in July 1884, and was employed as a G.P.O. clerk. He served with the Warwickshire R.G.A. Volunteers, 1904 - 1906, and as acting squadron sergeant major with the Worcestershire Yeomanry, 1906 - 1915. Seales was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment in May 1915, and attached to the 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment for service as part of the West African Field Force in March 1917. He served in Nigeria April - October 1917, German East Africa November 1917 - February 1918, and Nigeria (Egba Expedition, Southern Nigeria) March - June 1918. Seales was demobilised in June 1919 (awarded T.E.M. in 1926), and resided at ‘Okywi’, Andover Road, Newbury, Berkshire.

Sold with two photographs of recipient in uniform, and copied research.