Pair: Company Quartermaster Serjeant E. W. Hogbin, Royal Engineers East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1898 (25999 Corpl., R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (25999 Sjt., R.E.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £220-260 Footnote Ernest William Hogbin was born in Chislett, near Herne Bay, Kent. An Engine Driver by occupation and a member of the 1st Kent Artillery Volunteers, he attested for the Royal Engineers at Chatham on 22 August 1891, aged 19 years. He served overseas in Niger & Territories, January 1898-April 1899 and Hong Kong, November 1904-January 1908. Promoted to Lance-Corporal in October 1896, 2nd Corporal in March 1899; Corporal in March 1900, Sergeant in April 1907 and Company Quartermaster Sergeant in May 1911. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. in 1909. Discharged at Chatham on 21 August 1912 on completion of his second period of engagement. With copied service papers.
Pair: Company Quartermaster Serjeant E. W. Hogbin, Royal Engineers East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1898 (25999 Corpl., R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (25999 Sjt., R.E.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £220-260 Footnote Ernest William Hogbin was born in Chislett, near Herne Bay, Kent. An Engine Driver by occupation and a member of the 1st Kent Artillery Volunteers, he attested for the Royal Engineers at Chatham on 22 August 1891, aged 19 years. He served overseas in Niger & Territories, January 1898-April 1899 and Hong Kong, November 1904-January 1908. Promoted to Lance-Corporal in October 1896, 2nd Corporal in March 1899; Corporal in March 1900, Sergeant in April 1907 and Company Quartermaster Sergeant in May 1911. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. in 1909. Discharged at Chatham on 21 August 1912 on completion of his second period of engagement. With copied service papers.
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