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The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

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№ 51

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20 August 2020

Hammer Price:
£1,300

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1887-8 (Lieut: Col: C. J. L. Hill. 1/W.I. Rgt.) virtually Mint state £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Charles Jones Lucius Hill was commissioned Ensign in the West India Regiment on 16 May 1862; Lieutenant, 12 August 1864; Captain 7 April 1874; Major, 1 July 1881; Lieutenant-Colonel, 29 January 1884; Colonel, 1st West India Regiment, 29 January 1888; retired, 10 July 1889. ‘Colonel Hill served in the Ashanti war of 1873-74 (Medal with Clasp). Served with the expedition sent against the Yonnies, on the West Coast of Africa in 1887-88.’

Being already in possession of the Ashantee 1873-74 medal, Hill should have been issued with a clasp only for ‘1887-8’ to add to his earlier award. Colonel Hill died at Bournemouth on 9 May 1890.