Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Gunner W. J. Crawford, No. 3 Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (69677 Gunr., No. 3 Mn. By. R.A.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (69677 Gunner, No. 3 Mn. By. R.A.) small official correction to the first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Robert Lamb.

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William John Crawford was born in February 1870, in Belsfast, Co. Antrim, and attested at Leith Fort, Glasgow, in November 1888. He served in India in the Miranzai Expedition of 1891, and with the Chitral Relief Force in 1895. He subsequently served in South Africa with 18 Battery 3 Brigade (Queen’s medal with 3 clasps), and was discharged in November 1901.