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Auction: 21103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals e-Auction 4
Lot: 23

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Laing's Nek (Lieut: A. H. Leith. S. A. Lt. Horse.), toned, good very fine

Albert Howe Leith was born at Aberdeen on 1 June 1851, the son of Admiral John Leith, Royal Navy, 24th Laird of Fyvie. A rancher by profession, he served during the Boer War with the South African Light Horse. Leith died on 15 June 1903 at East Mylor, Cornwall. A memorial in Aberdeen was erected and inscribed:

'IN MEMORIAM ALBERT HOWE LEITH
SON OF ADMIRAL JOHN LEITH AND MARGARET HIS WIFE, OF BLACKFORD
BORN IN ABERDEEN JUNE 1st 1851
HAVING LIVED AN ADVENTUROUS LIFE IN AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MEXICO
DIED AT FLUSHING CORNWALL JUNE 1902
FROM THE EFFECTS OF ILLNESS CONTRACTED WHILE SERVING AS AN OFFICER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN HORSE IN THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH.'


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£230

Starting price
£110