Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private R. Stewart, Suffolk Regiment

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (27 Pte., 1st Bn. Suff. R.) scratch by Queen’s neck; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (27 Pte., Suff. R.) mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine (2) £220-260

Richard Steward was born in Rougham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the 32nd Brigade of Infantry at Bury St. Edmunds on 5 February 1874, aged 24 years, 4 months. Posted to the Suffolk Regiment, he served in India, October 1874-January 1878 and again, February 1886-March 1892. He served in the Hazara Campaign of 1888 and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in October 1894. Stewart was discharged at home on 31 May 1903 and died in Woodridge, Suffolk in 1916. With copied service papers.