Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Charles Jennings. Cook.) officially re-impressed naming, good very fine and rare £300-£400

Charles Jennings is confirmed as a Cook serving with the Van Alen American Field Hospital.

The medal roll for ‘The Van Alen American Field Hospital’ contains 15 names, including Van Alen himself and 9 men of the St John Ambulance Brigade. The Van Alen American Field Hospital was the smallest of the donative hospitals to serve in South Africa, and was formed by Mr. Van Alen, an American citizen who agreed to provide - at his own expense - all necessary equipment and transport. The War Office, for its part, agreed to convey the hospital to South Africa and return it to England when no longer required.

Cook Charles Jennings was added to the roll as the 15th and final name on 2 August 1902, and the medal itself was issued on 7 August 1902.

Sold with copied medal roll and article by W. H. Fevyer from the O.M.R.S. Journal, Summer 1978.