Auction Catalogue

12 May 2015

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№ 60 x

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12 May 2015

Hammer Price:
£420

South Africa 1834-53 (Corpl. W. Rogerson. Rl. Saprs. & Minrs.) rank neatly engraved, otherwise officially impressed naming, nearly very fine £280-320

William Rogerson was born in Dumfries in June 1825 and attested for the Royal Sappers and Miners at Woolwich on 5 April 1848. He was promoted to 2nd Corporal, 23 February 1854; Corporal, 1 April 1856; Sergeant, 16 September 1858; Colour-Sergeant, 11 June 1868. He claimed ‘shooting pay as 2nd Best Shot for 1869-70’. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope, 7 years 8 months; British Columbia, 4 years 8 months; Gibraltar, 1 year 6 months; and Malta, 2 years. He was discharged at Chatham on 27 July 1869, aged 44 years 1 month, and was in possession of ‘the Kaffir War Medal of 1853 and the Medal for Long Service.’ He died on 19 August 1900. Sold with copied service papers.