Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Wheeler Sergeant J. Painter, Royal Artillery

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Wh. Sgt., R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (771 Welr. Serjt., 25th Bde. R.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £200-250

James Painter was born near Exeter, Devon and enlisted in the Royal Artillery at Yeovil in March 1856, aged 23 years. Posted to the 12th Battalion, R.A. as a Wheeler, he gained steady promotion over the next few years and was appointed a Wheeler Sergeant in April 1863, in which rank he served in Canada during the Fenian troubles. Painter was discharged in March 1877, giving his intended place of residence as the Post Office at Bridgewater, Somerset.