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India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (673 Cpl. C. R. Gilham, 1st Bn. Gord. Highrs.) first and second clasps wired together, good very fine £350-400

Charles Robert Gilham was born at Allahabad, East Indies, and attested for the Gordon Highlanders on 4 November 1882. He served in the Chitral Relief Expedition of 1895, and in the Tirah Expedition of 1897-98. He served in South Africa from November 1899 and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette 27 September 1901). A musician by trade, he was discharged in the rank of Sergeant at Pretoria on 23 July 1902, with the intention of remaining with Head Quarters, Rand Rifle Volunteers at Johannesburg. Sold with copy discharge papers.