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№ 677

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11 December 2014

Hammer Price:
£5,000

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1654 Pte. T. Young, 1/24th Foot), some minor marks, otherwise extremely fine £6000-7000

1654 Private Thomas Young, 1st Battalion, 24th Foot, was killed in action at Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879. The Noble 24th states that he originally enlisted in 1869 and his effects were recorded for claim by his next of kin.