Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lieut. F. Clowes, 30th Foot. 1873-4) suspension a little slack, overall contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine and unique to this regiment £600-700

Frederick Clowes was born at Banstead, Surrey, on 26 October 1844. He was a Cadet at the Royal Military College in 1863 and was appointed Ensign, by purchase, in the 30th Foot on 18 September of that year. He served with the regiment in Canada from December 1863 to August 1868, including the Fenian Raid of 1866 for which he subsequently claimed the medal and clasp. Having purchased a Lieutenancy in the regiment in November 1865, he was stationed at home until November 1873 when he was appointed as a Special Service Officer on the West Coast of Africa. There, he served in the Ashantee expedition from the 30th November 1873, and commanded the Kossoo company of Colonel Wood’s Regiment at the battle of Amoaful (Medal with clasp). Clowes returned home in March 1874 and was promoted to Captain in the following October. He served overseas in Bengal three times in the period to February 1893, being promoted to Major in 1887 and to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1891. He retired on full pay on 23 September 1893.