5418 PTE S.GEAKE 17th LANCERS (on privately engraved on QSA with 3 Clasps 'CC,SA01,SA02')
5418 SQ.Q.M.SJT S.GEAKE 17/LRS (on 1914 Star)
LIEUT S.GEAKE (on BWM; victory erased)
N.C.O.'s BILLIARD HANDICAP - 1st - SERGT. S.GEAKE -1913 (engraved on Hallmarked Silver & Enamel Cavalry Medallion)
Samuel Geake
Born Tarbolton, Ayrshire 15 May 1882
Served with 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers in the Boer War & was entitled to the QSA with 3 Clasps 'CC,SA01,SA02'
To France as Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant, 17th Lancers 8/11/14
Granted a commission 'for service in the field' to become 2nd Lieutenant, 11th Liverpool Regt 6/11/15
Later served with the Machine Gun Corps
His 1919 address was 373 Cumberland Street, Glasgow
Married Isabella Paterson Hobbs at Cathcart, Glasgow 1944
Died Cathcart, Glasgow 4/3/57
His Officers Papers exist at TNA but we have not checked them Ref: WO 339/48825
With copy of his Medal Index Card & Digital File of supporting research documentation
Condition: QSA erased & re-engraved; Victory erased; all GVF
