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Auction archive: Lot number 331

Three: Troop Corporal Major G. McLaren

Estimate
£160 - £180
ca. US$248 - US$279
Price realised:
£290
ca. US$449
Auction archive: Lot number 331

Three: Troop Corporal Major G. McLaren

Estimate
£160 - £180
ca. US$248 - US$279
Price realised:
£290
ca. US$449
Beschreibung:

Three: Troop Corporal Major G. McLaren, Royal Horse Guards EGYPT 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (575 Corpl. of Hse., R.H.Gds.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R. (Corpl. of Horse); KHEDIVE'S STAR 1882, the first with pitting from star, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine (3) Footnote Gregor McLaren was born in Kinclaren, Perthshire, and enlisted for the Royal Horse Guards on 1 December, 1870. He served with the regiment, as Corporal of Horse, in Egypt from 1st August to 19th October, 1882. He was promoted Troop Corporal Major in 1885 but reverted, at his own request, to the rank of Corporal of Horse in 1888. He transferred to the Royal School of Music at Kneller Hall, as Quarter-Master-Sergeant and Acting Sergeant Major, for a brief period before his final discharge in December, 1891.

Auction archive: Lot number 331
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 1992
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:

Three: Troop Corporal Major G. McLaren, Royal Horse Guards EGYPT 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (575 Corpl. of Hse., R.H.Gds.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R. (Corpl. of Horse); KHEDIVE'S STAR 1882, the first with pitting from star, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine (3) Footnote Gregor McLaren was born in Kinclaren, Perthshire, and enlisted for the Royal Horse Guards on 1 December, 1870. He served with the regiment, as Corporal of Horse, in Egypt from 1st August to 19th October, 1882. He was promoted Troop Corporal Major in 1885 but reverted, at his own request, to the rank of Corporal of Horse in 1888. He transferred to the Royal School of Music at Kneller Hall, as Quarter-Master-Sergeant and Acting Sergeant Major, for a brief period before his final discharge in December, 1891.

Auction archive: Lot number 331
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 1992
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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