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12 November 2020

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Lot

№ 685

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12 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£200

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse (Private Charles Cumberland, 2nd. Battn. Grenr. Gds.) engraved naming, edge bruising, very fine £140-£180

Charles Cumberland was born at Handley, Blandford, Dorset, in 1812 and attested for the Grenadier Guards at Winchester on 18 October 1833. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Canada from 6 April 1838 to 21 October 1842, with the rest of his service being at home, and he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 16 May 1856. He was discharged on 10 June 1856, after 22 years and 237 days’ service, and died at Cardiff on 20 February 1874.

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