Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (Q. Mr. Sergt. H. W. Shorto. 2nd (P. of W.) Vol. Batt. Devon Regt. 1866-1888) engraved naming, mounted on original riband brooch, about extremely fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Henry Woodley Shorto was born in Exeter in 1838 the son of a watch maker. A Custom House Officer he joined the 2nd (Prince of Wales) Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in 1866 and as the Quarter Master Sergeant he served through to 1888. He was subsequently awarded his Volunteer Long Service Medal per Army Order Special of 17 January 1895. The father of Major Harry George Shorto, O.B.E., he died in Knowle, Bristol on 2 December 1905, aged 67.

Sold with copied research.

For the recipient’s son’s medals, see Lot 96.