Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1446. Pte. A. J. Brady, 90th Foot.) some distortion to clasp face, otherwise nearly very fine £400-500

Sold with original parchment Certificate of Discharge, Account Book, two group photographs and other documents.

John Brady was born in the Parish of Glenamaddy, County Galway, and enlisted for the 6th Brigade at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, on 27 March 1877, aged 19 years 10 months. His Account Book, under the heading ‘Distinguished himself and Medals for’ states ‘1878 Gaika War; 29 Mar. 1879, Kambula Hill; Zululand, 4 July 1879, Present at Ulundi; South Africa Clasp 1877-8-9’. After further service in India (but no medal entitlement) he was discharged on 27 March 1889, time expired, and enlisted as a militiaman into the 3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, on 12 August 1889. He died in February 1933 and was interred Hyde Cemetery, Cheshire.