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10 & 11 May 2017

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Lot

№ 115

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10 May 2017

Hammer Price:
£440

Three: Private W. Kennard, Royal Sussex Regiment

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1123. Pte. W. Kennard. 1/Rl. Suss: R.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (...W. Kennard. 2nd. Bn. R. Su...); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, reverse impressed ‘1123 W.K. R S R’, heavy pitting and contact marks, therefore good fine and better (3) £240-280

William Kennard attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Chichester, Sussex, on 30 October 1882, and was posted to the 1st Battalion on 9 May the following year. He joined the 1st Battalion at Cairo, and was present with the Battalion up until at least March 1884. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion in India on 21 October 1886, took part in the Hazara Expedition, and was still serving with the Regiment in March 1889.