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20 April 2022

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№ 527

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20 April 2022

Hammer Price:
£360

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4452 Pte. W. Drury 1st. Bn. Dorset Regt.) extremely fine £140-£180

W. Drury attested for the Dorset Regiment, and served with the 1st Battalion as part of the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the North West Frontier of India. He was dangerously wounded by gunshot to the stomach and abdomen whilst on foraging duty near Maidan Camp on 7 November 1897, and subsequently died of his wounds.

Sold with two letters confirming his being wounded.