Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Peiwar Kotal (1734 Lce. Sergt. W. Whitehead. 2/8th. Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine £180-£220

William Whitehead was born at Portsmouth in 1850, and attested for the 8th Regiment of Foot at Aldershot on 20 February 1869. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he was promoted Corporal on 24 February 1877, and Lance-Sergeant on 1 September of that year. He served with the Battalion in India and Afghanistan, and was promoted Sergeant on 11 November 1880. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 January 1888, he subsequently served as Sergeant Drummer with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, and was finally discharged on 1 March 1898, after 29 years and 10 days’ service, of which 6 years and 102 days were spent in India and Afghanistan.

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