Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (527 Pte. W. H. Squire 2d Bn. Som L.I.) officially re-engraved naming, polished, otherwise nearly very fine £80-£100

William Henry Squire was born in the Parish of Long Sutton, near Langport, Somerset, and attested for the Somerset Light Infantry at Taunton on 13 November 1883, aged 22 years 5 months, an agricultural labourer by trade. He served in India from 12 September 1884 until 22 May 1891, taking part in the Third Burma War for which he received the medal and clasp. He was discharged at Taunton on 12 November 1895, having completed his 12-year period of limited engagement.

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