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№ 459

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10 April 2024

Hammer Price:
£100

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (80047 Bombr. A. G. Carter 2d. Field By. R.A. Tel: Dept.) nearly very fine £80-£100

George Carter was born in Croydon in 1871 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 25 July 1890. He served in India from 23 September 1892 and passed a course in telegraphy at Lucknow on 19 August 1893. Present at the Relief of Chitral, he later served in South Africa during the Boer War from 4 November 1899 to 10 August 1902.