Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Sergeant J. A. Neill, Royal Munster Fusiliers, late Royal Irish Fusiliers and Royal Irish Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (3797 Sgt. J. Neill, Rl. Irish Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3797 Clr: Serjt: J. Neill. Rl: Irish Fus:); 1914-15 Star (16909 Sjt. J. A. Neill. R. Irish Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (16909 Pte. J. A. Neill. R. Irish Rif.), incorrectly mounted for wear, edge bruises, contact marks, good fine and better (5) £280-£340

John Alexander Neill attested into the Royal Irish Fusiliers and served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War. Advanced Colour Sergeant, he saw later service during the Great War with the Royal Irish Regiment as a Sergeant with the 13th Battalion on the Western Front from 3 October 1915 before transferring into the Royal Munster Fusiliers. Reduced to Private for misconduct on 11 November 1915, he was later appointed Company Quartermaster Sergeant and was demobilised 31 March 1920. He appears to have died shortly afterwards.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts.