Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Africa 1834-53 (James Hore, Cape Md. Riflemen) minor edge nicks, good very fine £300-£400

James Hore was born in Oxford in 1828 and attested for the 73rd Regiment of Foot at Reading on 12 November 1845. He served with them in South Africa from 4 September 1846, and was slightly wounded on 29 April 1851. He transferred to the Cape Mounted Riflemen on 1 November 1853 and was promoted Corporal on 1 March 1858. He was discharged at Netley on 2 August 1864, after 18 years and 85 days’ service, of which 17 years and 4 months were spent in South Africa; his medical report on discharge stated ‘Impaired vision in the loss of right eye from purulent ophthalmia contracted at Fort Beaufort while on duty. Disease attributable to military service and not aggravated by intemperance.’

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