Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. Telford, Seaforth Highlanders

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (1622 Pte. A. Telford 2nd Bn. Sea Highrs); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1622 Pte. A. Telford, 2: Sea: Highrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (1622 Pte. A. Telford. Seaforth Highrs:) toned, generally very fine or better (3) £260-300

Archibald Telford was born in Edinburgh, and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders at the city of his birth in April 1885. He served with the 2nd Battalion, for seven years, including during the Hazara campaign 1891, before his discharge in 1893. Telford was mobilized from the Reserve to serve with the 2nd Battalion during the Second Boer War in South Africa, and subsequently transferred to the 3rd Battalion in September 1903.