Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1022

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£340

Three: Private G. Ives, Bedfordshire Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3304 Pte., 1st Bn. Bedford. Regt); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (3304 Pte., Bedford. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3304 Pte., Bedford. Regt.) extremely fine (3) £200-240

George Ives was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire and enlisted into the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1889. He served with the regiment in the relief of Chitral moperations of 1895 and was transferred to the Army Reserve in 1898. Recalled for service in the Boer War, he served in South Africa from December 1899 to August 1902 when he was discharged. Sold with copied service papers.