Pair: Sergeant G. Johnston, 1st West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 4 clasps, 1887-8, 1892, 1893-94, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (2267. Sergt. G. Johnston. 1/W.I. Rgt.) unofficial rivets between clasps; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2267 Serg’t, G. Johnson. W. India R.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £500-£700 Pair: Sergeant G. Johnston, 1st West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 4 clasps, 1887-8, 1892, 1893-94, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (2267. Sergt. G. Johnston. 1/W.I. Rgt.) unofficial rivets between clasps; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2267 Serg’t, G. Johnson. W. India R.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £500-£700 George Johnston was born in the Parish of George Town, Demerara, Jamaica, and enlisted there for the West India Regiment on 1 September 1880, aged 20, a foundry engineer by trade. He was promoted to Corporal in July 1882, appointed Lance-Sergeant in November 1885, and promoted Sergeant on 1 December 1885. He had until that time served continuously in the West Indies but he next served on the West Coast of Africa, from 15 December 1885 to 1 December 1888, taking part in the Yonnie Expedition of 1887-88. Returning to the West Indies in December 1888, he was sent back to the West Coast of Africa in December 1891 and remained there until January 1895. During this period he took part in the expedition to the Toniataba country and the capture of Tambi on 7 April 1892. This was followed by the operations against the Sofas in Sierra Leone 1893-94, and the operations on the Gambia River in February and March 1894, resulting in the capture of Gunjur on 9 March. After another stint at home in Jamaica from January 1895 to November 1897, he returned to the West Coast of Africa once again, for the operations in Sierra Leone in 1888-89. He was discharged at Jamaica on 31 August 1901, on termination of his second period of engagement. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm all four clasps and his L.S. & G.C. medal which was issued in 1899.
Pair: Sergeant G. Johnston, 1st West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 4 clasps, 1887-8, 1892, 1893-94, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (2267. Sergt. G. Johnston. 1/W.I. Rgt.) unofficial rivets between clasps; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2267 Serg’t, G. Johnson. W. India R.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £500-£700 Pair: Sergeant G. Johnston, 1st West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 4 clasps, 1887-8, 1892, 1893-94, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (2267. Sergt. G. Johnston. 1/W.I. Rgt.) unofficial rivets between clasps; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2267 Serg’t, G. Johnson. W. India R.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £500-£700 George Johnston was born in the Parish of George Town, Demerara, Jamaica, and enlisted there for the West India Regiment on 1 September 1880, aged 20, a foundry engineer by trade. He was promoted to Corporal in July 1882, appointed Lance-Sergeant in November 1885, and promoted Sergeant on 1 December 1885. He had until that time served continuously in the West Indies but he next served on the West Coast of Africa, from 15 December 1885 to 1 December 1888, taking part in the Yonnie Expedition of 1887-88. Returning to the West Indies in December 1888, he was sent back to the West Coast of Africa in December 1891 and remained there until January 1895. During this period he took part in the expedition to the Toniataba country and the capture of Tambi on 7 April 1892. This was followed by the operations against the Sofas in Sierra Leone 1893-94, and the operations on the Gambia River in February and March 1894, resulting in the capture of Gunjur on 9 March. After another stint at home in Jamaica from January 1895 to November 1897, he returned to the West Coast of Africa once again, for the operations in Sierra Leone in 1888-89. He was discharged at Jamaica on 31 August 1901, on termination of his second period of engagement. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm all four clasps and his L.S. & G.C. medal which was issued in 1899.
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