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6 & 7 December 2017

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Lot

№ 973

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7 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£320

Pair: Private W. Fisher, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5301 Pte. W. Fisher, 1st. L.N. Lanc: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5301 Pte. W. Fisher. L.N. Lanc: Regt.) worn, good fine or better (2) £280-320

William Fisher was born in Liverpool in 1876 and attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Preston, Lancashire, on 1 October 1896. He served with the 1st Battalion in Ceylon from 14 December 1897 before proceeding to South Africa on 11 February 1899. He served in South Africa during the Boer War, as part of the 4 Companies from the Battalion sent to defend Kimberley, before returning home on 18 September 1902. He was discharged on 30 September 1908, after 18 year’s service, and died in Liverpool in 1918.