Auction Catalogue

2 July 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 997

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2 July 2003

Hammer Price:
£780

Pair: Major A. F. Redfern, 7th Gurkha Rifles, late Devonshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Lieut., Devon Rgt.); Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Lieutt., 7th Goorkha Rifles) good very fine (2) £500-550

M.I.D. London Gazette 7 May 1901 and 31 May 1916.

Allan F. Redfern was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment in 1900 becoming Lieutenant in 1903. After service in the Boer War he transferred to the Indian Army, serving with the 7th and later the 8th Gurkha Rifles. Served in the Great War with the Royal Army Service Corps and retired with the rank of Major.