Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: 1st Class Instructor G. Seaford, Great Indian Peninsula Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps, late 15th Foot

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (64 Drumr., 2/15th Foot); Army L.S.& G.C., V.R. (1st Class Sergt., G.I.P.R. Volr. R.C.) some contact marks, very fine (2) £200-250

George Seaford was born in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire and enlisted into the Army as a boy aged 14 on 19 July 1873. Ranked as a Drummer during 1879-81 and Sergeant Drummer in 1886, he served with the 15th (East Yorkshire) Foot. Appointed to the rank of 1st Class Instructor of Volunteers in 1887, he was later with the Durham Light Infantry and Royal Irish Rifles. Serving in India, 1875-98, he was discharged, after attaining the rank of Sergeant-Major, in December 1898, having gained the Afghan and Long Service medals. In September 1914 he rejoined the Army as a Sergeant-Major in the Dorset Regiment. He was discharged in April 1920 having been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 22 February 1919). Sold with a quantity of copied service papers.