Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Tugela Heights, unofficial rivets between first and second, and between third and fourth clasps (727 Pte. H. J. Peake, Impl: Lt. Infy.) good very fine £100-£140

Herbert John Peake attested for the Imperial Light Infantry on 23 November 1899, and was discharged on 19 January 1900. He re-enlisted (for special service) in the Natal Carbineers on 21 January 1900, and served during operations at the Relief of Ladysmith, Tugela Heights and at Laing’s Nek. he was discharged on 8 September 1900, and re-enlisted on the same day into Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry. He saw further service during the latter stages of the Boer War in the Prince of Wales’s Light Horse; the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles; and as a Corporal in the Transkei Mounted Rifles. He was finally discharged on 14 April 1902