Auction Catalogue

25 March 2015

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to include a Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 662

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25 March 2015

Hammer Price:
£650

Pair: Gunner H. H. Hyde, Royal Artillery

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (748 Gunr., 22nd Bde. R.A.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1617 Gunr., 7th Bde. R.A.) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (2) £500-550

Henry H. Hyde was born in Lurgan, Co. Armagh. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Glasgow on 2 January 1862, aged 18 years. Served in India, August 1862-December 1871; St. Helena, June 1876-February 1879; Cape of Good Hope, February-August 1879, and St. Helena, August 1879-August 1882. Discharged 1 October 1888. With copied service papers.