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Three: Major T. A. Pamplin-Green, West African Frontier Force, late Lagos Hausa Force and Es...
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Three: Major T. A. Pamplin-Green, West African Frontier Force, late Lagos Hausa Force and Essex Regiment (Militia), who was twice wounded whilst on campaign in West Africa Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Capt. & Insptr. T. P. Green, Lagos Hausa Force); Ashanti 1900, no clasp, high relief bust (Captain T. A. Pamplin Green. A.F.F.) impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £2,000-£2,400 --- Thomas Alfred Pamplin-Green entered the Army as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment (Militia) on 2 April 1887; Lieutenant, 10 November 1888; Captain, 23 May 1892; Hon. Captain in the Army, 21 October 1900; Hon. Major, 12 May 1906. Pamplin-Green was an Assistant Inspector, Gold Coast Constabulary, from September 1895 to May 1902, and Cantonment Magistrate, Gold Coast, from May 1902 until 1910. He served in the Ashanti Expedition 1895-96, in the operations against King Prempah, from December 1895 to January 1896 (Star); in West Africa 1897-98, in the operations in the Lagos Hinterland and in Birgu, from September 1897 to June 1898 (Medal and clasp); in West Africa, Northern Territories, Gold Coast, 1899, in the operations against the Fra Fras in the White Volta District. During these operations he was severely wounded by a poisoned arrow, which would have been fatal had not the Colonial Surgeon, Doctor Garland, removed the arrow, and at the risk of his own life, sucked the poison from the wound (Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 24 April 1903); again in West Africa in 1900, in the operations in Ashanti, during which he was slightly wounded (Medal).
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Three: Major T. A. Pamplin-Green, West African Frontier Force, late Lagos Hausa Force and Essex Regiment (Militia), who was twice wounded whilst on campaign in West Africa Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Capt. & Insptr. T. P. Green, Lagos Hausa Force); Ashanti 1900, no clasp, high relief bust (Captain T. A. Pamplin Green. A.F.F.) impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £2,000-£2,400 --- Thomas Alfred Pamplin-Green entered the Army as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment (Militia) on 2 April 1887; Lieutenant, 10 November 1888; Captain, 23 May 1892; Hon. Captain in the Army, 21 October 1900; Hon. Major, 12 May 1906. Pamplin-Green was an Assistant Inspector, Gold Coast Constabulary, from September 1895 to May 1902, and Cantonment Magistrate, Gold Coast, from May 1902 until 1910. He served in the Ashanti Expedition 1895-96, in the operations against King Prempah, from December 1895 to January 1896 (Star); in West Africa 1897-98, in the operations in the Lagos Hinterland and in Birgu, from September 1897 to June 1898 (Medal and clasp); in West Africa, Northern Territories, Gold Coast, 1899, in the operations against the Fra Fras in the White Volta District. During these operations he was severely wounded by a poisoned arrow, which would have been fatal had not the Colonial Surgeon, Doctor Garland, removed the arrow, and at the risk of his own life, sucked the poison from the wound (Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 24 April 1903); again in West Africa in 1900, in the operations in Ashanti, during which he was slightly wounded (Medal).
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