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Pair: Colour Sergeant W. Cragg, 60th Rifles South Africa 1834-53 (Serjt. Wm. Cragg, 2nd B...

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Pair: Colour Sergeant W. Cragg, 60th Rifles South Africa 1834-53 (Serjt. Wm. Cragg, 2nd Bn. 60th Rifles); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1537 Color Sergeant William Craggs, 2.B. 60. Rifles. 13 April 1859) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (2) £460-£550 --- William Cragg was born in Quorndon, Loughborough, Leicestershire in 1820. He attested for the 60th Rifles at Nottingham on 23 October 1840. He was promoted to Corporal in December 1845; Sergeant in July 1848; Colour Sergeant in April 1855 and attained the rank of Sergeant-Major in January 1860, when he appointed to the 7th (Rifle) Depot Battalion. With the 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles he served in Jamaica, 19 years, 6 months; Canada, 3 years, and the Cape of Good Hope, 1 year, 11 months. Saw service in the Third Kaffir War 1851-53. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. with a gratuity and discharged with a pension after 21 years service on 14 February 1862. Latterly served as Sergeant Drill Instructor with the 1st Westmoreland Rifle Volunteers and died in 1872. With a quantity of copied research on C.D. and paper, including discharge papers.
Pair: Colour Sergeant W. Cragg, 60th Rifles South Africa 1834-53 (Serjt. Wm. Cragg, 2nd Bn. 60th Rifles); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1537 Color Sergeant William Craggs, 2.B. 60. Rifles. 13 April 1859) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (2) £460-£550 --- William Cragg was born in Quorndon, Loughborough, Leicestershire in 1820. He attested for the 60th Rifles at Nottingham on 23 October 1840. He was promoted to Corporal in December 1845; Sergeant in July 1848; Colour Sergeant in April 1855 and attained the rank of Sergeant-Major in January 1860, when he appointed to the 7th (Rifle) Depot Battalion. With the 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles he served in Jamaica, 19 years, 6 months; Canada, 3 years, and the Cape of Good Hope, 1 year, 11 months. Saw service in the Third Kaffir War 1851-53. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. with a gratuity and discharged with a pension after 21 years service on 14 February 1862. Latterly served as Sergeant Drill Instructor with the 1st Westmoreland Rifle Volunteers and died in 1872. With a quantity of copied research on C.D. and paper, including discharge papers.

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