Auction Catalogue

15 December 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 944 x

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15 December 2011

Hammer Price:
£330

Pair: Serjeant Drummer C. Ilsley, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, late Royal Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2582 Sgt. Drmr. C. Illsley, Rl. Warwick Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2582 Sjt. Dmr. C. Ilsley, Rl. War. Regt.) note difference in spelling of surname, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-160

Charles Ilsley was born in Horsham, Sussex. A Carpenter by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery on 26 September 1881, aged 22 years, 6 months. He served with the Cinque Ports Division at Home until, as a Bombardier, he purchased his discharge on 27 February 1886 for £18. Then employed as a Musician, he attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Oxford on 17 October 1889, aged 30 years, 6 months. He was appointed a Drummer in October 1891 and Sergeant Drummer in August 1892. Ilsley served in South Africa, November 1899-October (?) 1900 and Bermuda, July 1901-November 1902 - the island being used to hold Boer prisoners-of-war. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. with gratuity in 1903, he was discharged in May 1906. With the onset of the Great War and living at 33 East Street, Osney, Oxford, he enlisted for the third time; attesting for service with the Territorial Force on 2 October 1914, then aged 52 years. He served as a Sergeant with the 4th (Reserve) Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, being transferred to the 258 Protection Company Royal Defence Corps in April 1916. Sergeant Charles Ilsley was discharged on 5 July 1917. With copied service papers and other research.