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Auction archive: Lot number 117

Medals from the Collection of Gordon

Estimate
£140 - £160
ca. US$199 - US$227
Price realised:
£200
ca. US$284
Auction archive: Lot number 117

Medals from the Collection of Gordon

Estimate
£140 - £160
ca. US$199 - US$227
Price realised:
£200
ca. US$284
Beschreibung:

Medals from the Collection of Gordon Everson Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (4725 Driv. F. Fay, A/B R.H.A.) suspension slack and a little polished, otherwise very fine £140-160 Footnote Frank Fay was born in 1855 at Havant, Hampshire, and enlisted at Scarborough on 11 November 1878. He was court martialled in August 1879, for reasons not stated, and imprisoned for 30 days, shortly before leaving for India, where he arrived on 28 October 1879. At Ahmed Khel on 19 April 1880, “A” Battery, “B” Brigade, R.H.A., was in advance of the infantry and without support when a Ghazi charge reached the muzzles of the guns before being repulsed. Driver Fay served in India, mainly at Umballa, until 1882, arriving back in England on 9 March. Thereafter he was stationed at Woolwich, Exeter and St John’s Wood, before joining the Army Reserve on 1 March 1887. He was finally discharged at Woolwich on 11 November 1890.

Auction archive: Lot number 117
Auction:
Datum:
28 Mar 2002
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

Medals from the Collection of Gordon Everson Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (4725 Driv. F. Fay, A/B R.H.A.) suspension slack and a little polished, otherwise very fine £140-160 Footnote Frank Fay was born in 1855 at Havant, Hampshire, and enlisted at Scarborough on 11 November 1878. He was court martialled in August 1879, for reasons not stated, and imprisoned for 30 days, shortly before leaving for India, where he arrived on 28 October 1879. At Ahmed Khel on 19 April 1880, “A” Battery, “B” Brigade, R.H.A., was in advance of the infantry and without support when a Ghazi charge reached the muzzles of the guns before being repulsed. Driver Fay served in India, mainly at Umballa, until 1882, arriving back in England on 9 March. Thereafter he was stationed at Woolwich, Exeter and St John’s Wood, before joining the Army Reserve on 1 March 1887. He was finally discharged at Woolwich on 11 November 1890.

Auction archive: Lot number 117
Auction:
Datum:
28 Mar 2002
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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