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Sold on 27 September 2016

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The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord

Llewellyn Williams Lord, Jr

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27 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£190

Pair: Private J. Llewellyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (4101 Pte. T. Llewellyn, R. Welsh Fus.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4101 Pte. J. Llewellyn, Rl. Welsh Fus.), last clasp on the first unofficially riveted, generally good very fine (2) £180-220

John Llewellyn was born at Narberth, Pembrokeshire and enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in October 1893, aged 19 years, direct from the 3rd (Militia) Battalion. Appointed to the 1st Battalion, he witnessed active service in South Africa in the periods October 1899 to March 1900 and July 1900 to the end of the war; in the interim, he was on the home establishment. Llewellyn was transferred to the Army Reserve in November 1902 and was discharged in October 1905; sold with copied research and medal roll verification.