Auction Catalogue

31 March 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 557

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£520

Three: Quartermaster Serjeant A. E. Marshall, Lancashire Fusiliers, late North Staffordshire Regiment

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3101 L/Cpl., 1/N.Staff. R); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (5994 . Sjt., Lanc. Fus); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Hafir (3101 Lce. Cpl., 1st Battn. N.S. Rgt) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £320-360

Arthur Ernest Marshall was born in Birmingham c. 1872. A Gun-Maker by occupation and a member of the 4th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment at Birmingham on 11 July 1890, aged 18 years. With the North Staffordshire Regiment he served in South Africa, May 1892-April 1893; Malta, April 1893-October 1895; Egypt and Sudan, October 1895-April 1897, and attained the rank of Corporal in April 1897. Seeing active service in Sudan with the Dongola Expedition, he was awarded the Queen’s medal and the Khedive’s medal for Hafir. Returning home, he was then transferred to the 1st Class Army Reserve in July 1897, intending to join the Police. He rejoined the Colours under Army Order 23 of 1898 and was transferred as a Corporal to the Lancashire Fusiliers. Marshall was appointed Lance-Serjeant in April 1898; Serjeant in July the same year, and Colour Serjeant in March 1900. With the Lancashire Fusiliers he served in Malta, August 1898-November 1901 and Barbados, November 1901-August 1902. He was awarded a gratuity in July 1902 and awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. with gratuity by Army Order 270 of October 1909. Colour Serjeant Marshall was discharged at Seaford, Sussex, having given notice, on 31 October 1912, becoming a Postman in civilian life. On 8 September 1914, with the onset of war, Marshall attested for one years service in the Army Reserve (Special Reserve), aged 41 years, 11 months. Appointed a Quartermaster Serjeant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, he was discharged as medically unfit on 21 October 1914. He re-enlisted on 25 June 1917 and as a Company Quartermaster Serjeant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, he served at Home until discharged to the Class Z Reserve on 4 June 1919.

Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and other research.