Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Major T. W. Ashworth. 5 VB. Manch: Rgt.) officially engraved naming, minor edge bruising, good very fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Thomas Wilding Ashworth was born on 18 September 1866 and was educated at Rossall School, where he joined the Rossall School Cadet Corps, rising to Colour Sergeant (’H’ Company, 1st V.B. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment); he was also captain of the Rossall School shooting team. In March 1885 he was appointed Lieutenant in the 20th Lancashire Volunteers (2nd Manchester Regiment) before he had even left school. He was promoted Captain in July 1888, and on 2 April 1898 he joined the 5th (Ardwick) Volunteer Battalion, being appointed Major, and by 1902 had been appointed Adjutant. He was awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal in 1904 and resigned his commission in December 1904. Having retired to Bath, Somerset, he died there in 1939 at the age of 74.

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