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Five: Private A. McIntyre, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Chara...
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Five: Private A. McIntyre, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (58B/4... Pte. A. McIntyre. 72nd...); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (58B/482 Prive. A. Mc.Intyre 72nd. Highlanders); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (179... A. Mc.Intyre. 2/S...rs.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (...Mc.Intyre. Sea. Hig...); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘179 Pte. A. McIntyre. 2.B. Sea. Highrs.’, traces of acid cleaning / fire damage, with heavy pitting and contact marks throughout, heavily lacquered, overall about fair (5) £400-£500 --- Alexander McIntyre was born in Inverary, Aygyllshire, and attested for the 58th Brigade at Glasgow on 19 January 1875. Posted to the 91st Highlanders, he transferred to the 72nd (Seaforth) Highlanders on 2 November 1876, and remained with that Regiment for the rest of his service. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 2 November 1876 to 19 July 1882; in Egypt from 20 July to 24 October 1882; and again in India from 25 October 1882 to 7 February 1888. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 October 1893, and was discharged on 9 March 1895, after 20 years and 50 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medical records, the latter which state that he received a scalp wound in 1887 whilst off-duty, as well as suffering from various diseases that reflected the social and climactical conditions in India at the time.
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Five: Private A. McIntyre, 72nd Seaforth Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (58B/4... Pte. A. McIntyre. 72nd...); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (58B/482 Prive. A. Mc.Intyre 72nd. Highlanders); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (179... A. Mc.Intyre. 2/S...rs.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (...Mc.Intyre. Sea. Hig...); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘179 Pte. A. McIntyre. 2.B. Sea. Highrs.’, traces of acid cleaning / fire damage, with heavy pitting and contact marks throughout, heavily lacquered, overall about fair (5) £400-£500 --- Alexander McIntyre was born in Inverary, Aygyllshire, and attested for the 58th Brigade at Glasgow on 19 January 1875. Posted to the 91st Highlanders, he transferred to the 72nd (Seaforth) Highlanders on 2 November 1876, and remained with that Regiment for the rest of his service. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 2 November 1876 to 19 July 1882; in Egypt from 20 July to 24 October 1882; and again in India from 25 October 1882 to 7 February 1888. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 October 1893, and was discharged on 9 March 1895, after 20 years and 50 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medical records, the latter which state that he received a scalp wound in 1887 whilst off-duty, as well as suffering from various diseases that reflected the social and climactical conditions in India at the time.
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