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6 & 7 December 2017

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Lot

№ 1284

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7 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£110

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1490. Qr. Mr. Sgt. W. Barrie. High: L.I.) minor edge bruising, polished, very fine £60-80

William Barrie was born at Leslie, Fife, in 1851 and attested for the 71st Foot at Arbroath on 6 July 1868. He served in Gibraltar, Cyprus, and Malta, and was promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 April 1882. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 27 April 1887, and was discharged on 5 July 1889.