Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Corporal H. Lee, Scottish Rifles, later Cameron Highlanders and Labour Corps Scottish Command
1914-15 Star (8734 Cpl. H. Lee. Sco: Rif:); Victory Medal 1914-19 (24229 Pte. H. Lee. Cam’n Highrs.) very fine

Three: Attributed to Gunner J. Lee, No. 1 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, who died on 30 October 1942
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, slightly later issues, extremely fine (5) £80-£120

Henry Lee attested for the Scottish Rifles and served with the 1st/8th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 14 June 1915. Discharged, he subsequently re-enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders on 21 July 1916 and served with them on the Western Front, before transferring to the Labour Corps Scottish Command.

John Lee, the son of the above, served with 1 Battery, No. 1 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and died on 30 October 1942. He is buried in La Palma (Mazo) Cemetery, Spain, the only Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial in this cemetery.

Sold together with a Boys Brigade cap, with number 139; a quantity of Boys Brigade insignia; a King’s Badge attributed to 2389754 Private T. W. Adams, Royal Corps of Signals; and other ephemera.