Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (1992 Pte. J. Howard 2nd Bn. R. Ir. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine £100-£140

John Howard was born at Tralee, County Kerry, and enlisted there into the 109th Foot on 22 October 1873, aged 18. He transferred to the 18th Foot on 5 October 1874, after two periods of imprisonment for being absent without leave, and joined the regiment in India at Bareilly in November 1874. He served subsequently in Afghanistan 1878-80 (Medal); on the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 (Medal with clasp and Bronze Star); and finally on the Hazara Expedition of 1888 (Medal with clasp). He was discharged on 11 May 1892.

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