Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Abyssinia 1867 (85 J. Hughes 33rd. D.W. Regt.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £240-£280

John Hughes was born in London in 1839 and attested for the 33rd Regiment of Foot at Finsbury on 22 January 1858. He served for the majority of his career overseas in India and Abyssinia, and was discharged on 11 June 1870, whilst incarcerated in Oxford gaol, after 12 years and 141 days’ service, of which 404 days were spent in prison.

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