Orders, Decorations and Medals

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, E.VII.R. (No.2354 Sgt. George Beauclare Maule Ffinch) engraved naming, edge bruising, very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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George Beauclare Maule Ffinch was employed on the Railway in Ceylon whilst with the Ceylon Civil Service, and later joined the Customs Service. A long time member of the Volunteers, he was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Force Long Service Medal as a Sergeant Drummer in the Ceylon Volunteer Force (Ceylon Government Gazette 5 February 1909). With some research.