Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Bandmaster A. Shackleford, Welsh Regiment, late Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Delhi Durbar 1903; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1996 Bandmaster A. Shackleford, Welsh Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Bndmstr. A. Shackleford, 2/Welsh Regt.), the first with contact marks and the second with officially corrected number, otherwise generally very fine (3) £260-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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Alfred Shackleford was born in Reading, Berkshire and enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers as a boy recruit in December 1870, aged 15 years. He subsequently served for 15 years in the regiment, gaining advancement to Band Sergeant in June 1881. Then in November 1886, he transferred as Bandmaster to the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment, in which capacity he remained employed until taking his discharge in July 1910. His award of the Delhi Durbar Medal is confirmed on his Military History Sheet, likewise his L.S. & G.C. Medal, awarded in AO 63 of 1903, and he was awarded his M.S.M. in AO 131 of 1911; sold with copied research.