Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (7274 Sergt. J. Slater. A/4th. Bde. R.A.) heavily polished and worn, therefore fair £60-£80

James Slater was born in Exeter Devon, in 1852, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 17 May 1871. He served with ‘A’ Battery, 8 Brigade in India from 13 January 1874, and was promoted Corporal on 6 December 1878, and Sergeant on 14 May 1879. He transferred to ‘A’ Battery, 4 Brigade on 1 August 1880, and served during the latter stages of the Second Afghan War. He was promoted Battery Quartermaster Sergeant on 23 December 1882, and returned home to the U.K. on 20 April 1885. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1889, and was promoted Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 June 1892. He was finally discharged on 31 May 1896, after 25 years and 15 days’ service.

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