Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 333

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£260

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Lieut. F. R. P. O’Callaghan, R.E.) good very fine £200-250

Francis Reginald Powell O’Callaghan was born in Murree, India, on 29 July 1880. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 6 January 1900, was promoted to Lieutenant on 6 January 1903 and to Captain on 6 January 1909. With the Royal Engineers he served in Somaliland, November 1903-December 1904, and Gibraltar, February 1905-February 1909. Captain O’Callaghan died in London on 15 May 1910. Sold with copied research.