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Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (632 Pte. M. Meek, 63rd Regt.) light contact marks, nearly ver...
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Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (632 Pte. M. Meek, 63rd Regt.) light contact marks, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Matthew Meek was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, about January 1851. He moved to Ireland and was resident at Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, when he attested for service as a Private in the 63rd Regiment in January 1876. His battalion played no part in the early stages of the Afghan War 1878-79, only joining the Kandahar Field Force at Quetta in August 1880. He remained in Afghanistan and India until he returned to the U.K. on 25 February 1882, to seek his discharge and was transferred to the Army Reserve. He was recalled for service in Egypt and the Sudan in July 1882 and was posted to the Commissariat and Transport Corps. He was in due course awarded the Egypt 1882 medal with clasp Tel El Kebir (one of only three with this clasp to the Manchester Regiment) and the Khedive’s Bronze Star. On 7 January 1885 he was discharged from the army. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (632 Pte. M. Meek, 63rd Regt.) light contact marks, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Matthew Meek was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, about January 1851. He moved to Ireland and was resident at Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, when he attested for service as a Private in the 63rd Regiment in January 1876. His battalion played no part in the early stages of the Afghan War 1878-79, only joining the Kandahar Field Force at Quetta in August 1880. He remained in Afghanistan and India until he returned to the U.K. on 25 February 1882, to seek his discharge and was transferred to the Army Reserve. He was recalled for service in Egypt and the Sudan in July 1882 and was posted to the Commissariat and Transport Corps. He was in due course awarded the Egypt 1882 medal with clasp Tel El Kebir (one of only three with this clasp to the Manchester Regiment) and the Khedive’s Bronze Star. On 7 January 1885 he was discharged from the army. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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