Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (29. Pte. C. Gregory. Dorset R.) engraved naming, good very fine £80-£120

Charles Gregory was born in Winterborne Abbas, Dorset in 1852 and attested for the Dorset Regiment at Dorchester, Dorset, on 30 June 1873. He served with the Regiment overseas in South Africa from 5 September 1873 to 31 March 1875, and in India from 1 January 1880 to 2 March 1882. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 4 of January 1892, and was discharged on 3 July 1894, after 21 years 4 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers that confirms that this is his sole medallic entitlement.