Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. McGill, 26th Foot

Abyssinia 1867 (5165. J. Mc.Gill. 26th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3165. Jas. Mc.Gill, 26th. Foot.) edge bruising, very fine (2) £260-£300

James McGill was born in Edinburgh on 30 March 1834 and attested for the 26th Regiment of Foot at Buttevant, co. Cork, on his fourteenth birthday, 30 March 1848. Appointed a Drummer on 27 November 1849, he served with the Regiment overseas in Gibraltar, Canada, Bermuda, India, and Abyssinia, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, on 25 July 1870. He was discharged on 29 March 1873, after 21 years’ man’s service.

Sold with copied record of service.