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25 May 2022

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№ 350

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25 May 2022

Hammer Price:
£140

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (950 Pte. E. Smith 2d Bn. Som. L.I.) very fine £100-£140

Edward Smith was born in the Parish of Bermondsey, Southwark, Surrey, and enlisted into the Somerset Light Infantry, upon release from the 4th East Surrey Militia, on 1 January 1885, aged 18 years 5 months, a carman by trade. Posted to the 1st Battalion, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion on 15 February 1886, for service in India, where he served until 2 November 1892, including operations during the Third Burmese War. In June 1888 he was tried by Regimental Court Martial for offering violence to his superior officer and sentenced to 42 days imprisonment with hard labour. He was tried by District Court Martial in May 1890 for a repeat of the same offence and sentenced to 84 days imprisonment with hard labour. Transferred to ‘A’ Reserve in November 1892, he was finally discharged at Taunton on 31 December 1896, his conduct being described as ‘Very Bad’.

Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm medal and clasp.