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India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (1539 Pte. W. Grimbly, 3 Bn Rif. Bde.) some edge bruising, light contact marks, very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Hayward & Hall, April 1970. William Grimley (note Grimly on medal) was born in the Parish of Stanford, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade at Westminster on 5 July 1855, aged 18. He served with the regiment at the capture of Lucknow (Medal with clasp), and in December 1863 and January 1864 served on the punitive expedition sent out after a small uprising and attack on the fort at Shabkaader on the North West Frontier (Medal with clasp). He was recommended for a medical discharge in October 1865 having contracted ophthalmia in February 1863 ‘while the Bn. was marching as Governor General’s Escort’. He duly returned Home where he was discharged from the service at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netly, on 22 May 1866. Sold with copied discharge papers and a printed roll of officers and other ranks of the 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade who were awarded the clasp, ‘North West Frontier’.
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India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (1539 Pte. W. Grimbly, 3 Bn Rif. Bde.) some edge bruising, light contact marks, very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Hayward & Hall, April 1970. William Grimley (note Grimly on medal) was born in the Parish of Stanford, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade at Westminster on 5 July 1855, aged 18. He served with the regiment at the capture of Lucknow (Medal with clasp), and in December 1863 and January 1864 served on the punitive expedition sent out after a small uprising and attack on the fort at Shabkaader on the North West Frontier (Medal with clasp). He was recommended for a medical discharge in October 1865 having contracted ophthalmia in February 1863 ‘while the Bn. was marching as Governor General’s Escort’. He duly returned Home where he was discharged from the service at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netly, on 22 May 1866. Sold with copied discharge papers and a printed roll of officers and other ranks of the 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade who were awarded the clasp, ‘North West Frontier’.
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