Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (31608 Pte. E. P. Dove. 37th Coy Imp: Yeo:) edge bruise, contact marks, very fine £80-£100

Elam Page Dove, a Master Tailor from Boston, Lincolnshire, attested, at Pall Mall, London, on 20 February 1901, for the Imperial Yeomanry for service during the Second Boer War. He served in South Africa with the 37th (Buckinghamshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry from 17 March 1901 to 23 August 1902 and was discharged on 30 August 1902.