Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Driver R. Prince, Royal Horse Artillery

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (36362 Driver R. Prince “F” By. R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (36362 Dvr: R. Prince. R.H.A.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180

Richard Prince was born in Torquay, Devon, on 19 December 1859, and joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic First Class on 1 April 1878. He was shore discharged, time expired, on 24 October 1882, and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Portsmouth on 10 January 1883. He served with the Artillery in India from 8 September 1883 to 13 December 1893, and again from 17 September 1895 to 25 April 1903, and saw active service on the Punjab Frontier. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 10 of 1903, and was discharge on 31 July 1903, after 20 years and 203 days’ service, of which almost 18 years had been spent soldiering in India.

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