Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3477. Drumr. G. Whitten, 98th. Foot) nearly very fine £70-90

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

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George Whitten was born in 1833 in Inniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, and attested for the 98th (Prince of Wales’) Regiment of Foot at Liverpool on 25 September 1851. Appointed a Drummer on 1 August 1855, he was awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a Gratuity of £5, in September 1872, and was discharged on 22 October of that year after 21 years and 28 days’ service.