Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-9, Burma 1889-92 (69 Pte. E. Powell, 1st Bn. Hamps. R.) officially re-engraved, slight edge bruise, nearly very fine £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Hampshire Regiment.

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Edward Powell was born in Amesbury, Wiltshire. A Carpenter by occupation, he attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 19 October 1881, aged 20 years. With the 1st Battalion he served in Malta, July 1884-January 1886; India, January 1886-November 1888; Burma, November 1888-January 1891; East India, January 1891-January 1893; Egypt, January-April 1893. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment in November 1892, he was discharged at his own request on 4 December 1893. With copied service papers.