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India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin Hills 1892-93 (38778 Bombr. W. Wallace. No. 7 Mtn. By: R.G.A.) official corrections to naming, very fine and rare £800-£1,200 --- Provenance: Ambrose Eslon Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963. Mentioned in British Battles & Medals by Major L. L. Gordon: ‘Only fifteen of these bars in silver were awarded to the Artillery, one of which was awarded to Bomb. W. Wallace, 1st Bde., N. Division R.A., and another to Gunner E. Arundel of the same unit.’ These men were attached to the 7th Mountain Battery R.G.A. William Wallace was born in the Parish of Ash Church, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Tewkesbury on 18 December 1886, aged 18 years 2 months, a farm labourer by trade. Sold with research including copied discharge papers which confirm service in India from 1 December 1890 to 29 November 1893, in the Chin Hills campaign 1892-93, and Indian Medal with clasp chin Hills 1892-3.
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India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin Hills 1892-93 (38778 Bombr. W. Wallace. No. 7 Mtn. By: R.G.A.) official corrections to naming, very fine and rare £800-£1,200 --- Provenance: Ambrose Eslon Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963. Mentioned in British Battles & Medals by Major L. L. Gordon: ‘Only fifteen of these bars in silver were awarded to the Artillery, one of which was awarded to Bomb. W. Wallace, 1st Bde., N. Division R.A., and another to Gunner E. Arundel of the same unit.’ These men were attached to the 7th Mountain Battery R.G.A. William Wallace was born in the Parish of Ash Church, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Tewkesbury on 18 December 1886, aged 18 years 2 months, a farm labourer by trade. Sold with research including copied discharge papers which confirm service in India from 1 December 1890 to 29 November 1893, in the Chin Hills campaign 1892-93, and Indian Medal with clasp chin Hills 1892-3.
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