Orders, Decorations and Medals

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. T. S. Lett, C/3. R.A.) edge bruising, very fine £200-250

Thomas Stackhouse Lett was born on 11 January 1854. Appointed a Gentleman Cadet on 22 March 1871; ranked as a Lieutenant in April 1873. Served in India, including Afghanistan, September 1874-June 1880. Returning home, he died at Weston-super-Mare on 17 July 1880, aged 26 years, from pthisis, contracted during the hardships of the Afghan War. He was the son of the late Rev. W. T. Lett, Rector of Derryvullan. With copied research.