Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Surgeon, F. R. Wilson, 1873-4.) nearly extremely fine £300-£400

Frederick Robert Wilson was born in Dublin on 20 November 1835 and was commissioned Surgeon in the Army Medical Department on 1 October 1860. He served at the Gold Coast during the Ashantee War 1873-74 in charge of the General Hospital at Connor’s Hill (Medal), and was promoted Surgeon Major on 1 July 1875. He retired with the honorary rank of Brigadier on 17 April 1881, and died in Perth on 9 January 1892.