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№ 511

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25 March 2013

Hammer Price:
£60

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (30685 Gun. H. Hughes, No.3 Div. Cst. Bde. R.A.) part officially renamed, good very fine £60-80

Henry Hughes was born in Carmarthen. A Sawyer by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery on 19 December 1861, aged 21 years. He served in Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 1862-September 1867; Gibraltar, September 1867-October 1874. Latterly served on Guernsey, 1880-85, where three of his children were born. Discharged in July 1886.

With copied service papers and copied marriage and baptism certificates.