Auction Catalogue

22 September 2006

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 219

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22 September 2006

Hammer Price:
£230

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Surgeon F. R. Wilson, 1873-4) very fine £220-260

Frederick Robert Wilson was born in Dublin on 20 November 1835. Qualifying as a M.B., he was appointed Staff Assistant Surgeon on 1 October 1860. After periods of service with the 20th and 47th Foot, he was promoted to Surgeon in October 1860. He served in the Ashantee War of 1873-74, placed in charge of the General Hospital at Connor’s Hill on the Gold Coast. Promoted to Surgeon-Major in July 1875, he retired with the honorary rank of Brigade Surgeon on 17 April 1881. He died at Perth on 9 January 1892.