A Silver R.V.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant-Major J. H. P. Standford, Royal Horse Artillery, later Yeoman State Porter at Buckingham Palace

Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul (823. Actg. Bomr. J. Standford. F/A. R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (1341 S. Major J. Standford, R.H.A.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R. Silver, unnamed; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1341. B.Q.M. Sgt. J. Standford. R.H.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S. Mjr. J. Standford. R.H.A.) naming largely officially re-impressed, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (7) £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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R.V.M. (Silver) 3 June 1925: Yeoman State Porter, Buckingham Palace.

M.S.M. Army Order 166 of 1928, with Annuity. Medal issued in the name of ‘Stanford’ and returned for amendment and re-issue (M.S.M. Card refers).

James (Henry Prescott) Standford was born at Aldershot, Hampshire, on 2 February 1857, and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Westminster on 28 November 1874, aged 18, a storekeeper by trade. He served in Afghanistan between 1878 and 1880, and in South Africa from 1899 until 1901, and was discharged in the rank of Sergeant-Major at Woolwich on 3 January 1902, aged 45 years 1 month, ‘having reached the age for discharge’. He was appointed Yeoman State Porter at Buckingham Palace on 1 April 1902, and retired on 1 April 1928.

Sold with copied discharge papers and M.S.M. Card, together with information from The Royal Archives.