Auction Catalogue

1 December 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 585

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£370

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (285245 Sto: J. Aldworth, H.M.S. Terrible) impressed naming, contact marks, otherwise very fine £300-350

Served with Lieutenant Ogilvey’s 12-pounder Battery of four guns, as a member of No. 2 gun’s crew under Petty Officer Taylor who was Captain of Gun at Colenso. Stoker Aldworth is also entitled to the China medal wth ‘Taku Forts’ clasp for service aboard H.M.S. Fame.