Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (28th Bde. 98 Pte. G. Grimsdale, 1-6th Foot) suspension slack, good very fine £70-90

George Grimsdale was born in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1840, and attested for the 56th Regiment of Foot at Croydon, Surrey, on 25 April 1859. He transferred to the 106th Regiment of Foot on 1 December 1865, and again to the 1st Battalion, 6th Regiment of Foot on 1 September 1873, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, on 3 March 1879. He was discharged on 27 April 1880, after 21 years and 3 days’ service, of which 19 years and 60 days were spent soldiering in India.