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22 July 2016

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№ 497

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22 July 2016

Hammer Price:
£220

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1891-2 (3372 Pte. A. Thomas, 2/W.I. Rgt.) minor contact marks, very fine £160-200

Alexander Thomas enlisted into the 2nd Battalion West India Regiment on 31 August 1886, aged 20 years. Served in West Africa, November 1888-February 1892. Married Churiana Virginia Sheppard at St. John’s, Woburn Lawn, Jamaica, 6 June 1894. Discharged as medically unfit on 20 August 1900. With copied service notes.