Pair: Colour-Sergeant and Regimental Orderly Room Clerk, J. A. Mann, 26th Foot China 1842 (J. A. .ann. Serg. 26th Regiment Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, engraved naming (1134. Colr. Sergt. John Mann. O.R.C. 26 Cams. 1856.) the first with edge bruising and contact marks and loss of initial letter of surname, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £500-£700 Pair: Colour-Sergeant and Regimental Orderly Room Clerk, J. A. Mann, 26th Foot China 1842 (J. A. .ann. Serg. 26th Regiment Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, engraved naming (1134. Colr. Sergt. John Mann. O.R.C. 26 Cams. 1856.) the first with edge bruising and contact marks and loss of initial letter of surname, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £500-£700 John Mann was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and attested for the 26th Cameronian Regiment at Glasgow on 28 January 1838, aged 24, a clerk by trade. He served abroad in the East Indies, 1 year 11 months; in China, 2 years 7 months; in Gibraltar, 3 years 2 months; in Canada, 1 year 6 months; and in Bermuda, 4 years 3 months. He was promoted to Corporal in January 1840, to Sergeant in August 1842, was appointed Orderly Room Clerk in July 1847, and Colour-Sergeant in July 1854. He was finally discharged at Glasgow on 29 March 1859, being ‘now in possession of a Medal for Good Conduct and Length of Service with a Gratuity of Fifteen Pounds. He has also a Medal for services in China.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
Pair: Colour-Sergeant and Regimental Orderly Room Clerk, J. A. Mann, 26th Foot China 1842 (J. A. .ann. Serg. 26th Regiment Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, engraved naming (1134. Colr. Sergt. John Mann. O.R.C. 26 Cams. 1856.) the first with edge bruising and contact marks and loss of initial letter of surname, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £500-£700 Pair: Colour-Sergeant and Regimental Orderly Room Clerk, J. A. Mann, 26th Foot China 1842 (J. A. .ann. Serg. 26th Regiment Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, engraved naming (1134. Colr. Sergt. John Mann. O.R.C. 26 Cams. 1856.) the first with edge bruising and contact marks and loss of initial letter of surname, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £500-£700 John Mann was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and attested for the 26th Cameronian Regiment at Glasgow on 28 January 1838, aged 24, a clerk by trade. He served abroad in the East Indies, 1 year 11 months; in China, 2 years 7 months; in Gibraltar, 3 years 2 months; in Canada, 1 year 6 months; and in Bermuda, 4 years 3 months. He was promoted to Corporal in January 1840, to Sergeant in August 1842, was appointed Orderly Room Clerk in July 1847, and Colour-Sergeant in July 1854. He was finally discharged at Glasgow on 29 March 1859, being ‘now in possession of a Medal for Good Conduct and Length of Service with a Gratuity of Fifteen Pounds. He has also a Medal for services in China.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
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