Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (1456 Pte. C. Neville. 2d. Bn. Manch. R.) good very fine £160-£200

Charles Neville was born in St. Augustine’s, Manchester, in 1868 and attested for the Manchester Regiment at Ashton-under-Lyne on 12 June 1888, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 8 September 1888 to 26 March 1894, and took part in the Miranzai Expedition in 1891. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 1 April 1894, and was discharged on 11 June 1898, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.