Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (2563 Pte. J. Neville. K.O. Scot Bord.); 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, date clasp block loose on riband (3272 Pte. W. Brown. Sea: Highrs: M.I.) with ‘South Africa’ top riband bar; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3291 Pte. W. Green. 11th Hussars.) the first heavily pitted, with naming details partially obscured; the second with traces of brooch mounting to obverse, with suspension claw re-pinned; the first fair, the second and third very fine except where stated (3) £120-£160

John Neville (also recorded as John Williams), was born in Durham and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 6 December 1887. He witnessed extensive service overseas, his Army Service Record stating: Suakin 1888 - action at Gemaizah, Relief of Chitral 1895, Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-98, South African War 1900-1902.’

William Brown was born in Rothes in 1872 and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders on 14 April 1890. Posted to the East Indies, his Army Service Record confirms that he was present during the Chitral Campaign of 1895, the Nile Expedition 1898, and fought at the Battle of the Atbara on 8 April 1898. He passed a Mounted Infantry class at Cairo in October 1899 and served in South Africa from 21 January 1901.

William Green was born in Colchester around 1872, and attested for the 11th Hussars at Canterbury on 2 September 1891. Posted to South Africa from 5 October 1899 to 23 August 1902, he is further entitled to a Queen’s South Africa medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Belfast.

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