The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain G. Lewis-Lloyd, Middlesex Regiment

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1900 (Lieut: G. Lewis-Lloyd, Middx: Rgt:); Ashanti 1900, no clasp, low relief bust (Capt: G. Lewis-Lloyd. Midd’x: Rgt:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Capt. G. Lewis-Lloyd, Midd’x Rgt:) contact marks, very fine and a rare combination (3) £1,400-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Baldwin’s, July 1964.

George Lewis-Lloyd was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 9 December 1896, and was promoted Lieutenant on 25 January 190. He served in Northern Nigeria attached to the 2nd Battalion, North Nigeria Regiment, during the Munshu and Kaduna Expeditions, 4 January to 9 May 1900, and saw further service in the Ashanti campaign. Proceeding to St. Helena, he arrived on the island on 25 May 1901, and served there with the 3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, guarding Boer prisoners of War.

The clasp ‘1900’ on the East and West Africa Medal was awarded to 29 British officers and 26 other ranks from a wide variety of regiments attached to the 1st and 2nd Northern Nigeria Regiment who served in the Munshi Expedition (January to March 1900) and the Kaduna Expedition (February to May 1900).

Sold with copied medal roll extracts.