Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant J. Hicks, Royal Artillery, who served a remarkable 34 years with the Colours

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Q.M. Sjt. J. Hicks. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (132. Sergt. J. Hicks. R.A.) good very fine and better (2) £140-£180

James Hicks was born in Westminster in 1853 and attested at Woolwich for the Royal Artillery on 17 September 1870. He served in 1884 as Sergeant with the 1st Brigade, North Irish Division, transferring the following year to the Southern Division and subsequently the London Division. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in 1891, he was later issued an annuity Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order No. 231 of 1925.