Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private G. Whitcher, Hampshire Regiment

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps remounted in this order, as usual (... Pte. G. Whitcher 2nd. Bn. Hamps. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (1288 Pte, G. Whitcher, 2nd. Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1288 Pte. G. Whitcher. Hampshire Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1288 Pte. G. Whitcher. Hamps: Regt.) heavy contact marks, good fine and better (4) £360-£440

George Whitcher was born in Southampton in 1864 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Lyndhurst, Hampshire, on 19 December 1883. He saw active service in Burma and in South Africa during the Boer War, and was wounded in the former campaign at Mongong. He was discharged on 25 June 1906, after 22 years’ service.

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