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12 May 2015

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№ 525

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12 May 2015

Hammer Price:
£190

Pair: Battery Sergeant-Major E. Altree, Royal Artillery

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (4377 Bombr., C Batt. 4th Bde. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (80?4 Bt. Sgt. Maj., R.A.) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (2) £180-220

Edward Altree enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Chatham in November 1873. Serving in India, January 1875-April 1885. Attained the rank of Battery Sergeant-Major in December 1887. Married Annie Bunkhall at Plumstead, Kent on 3 August 1886. Discharged in Glasgow on 24 June 1905 after giving three months notice. With a number of copied service papers.