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Pair: Private W. Wright, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps,...
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Pair: Private W. Wright, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-89, clasps mounted in this order, with top lugs removed (1207 Pte. W. Wright 1st. Bn. Hamps.R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (1207 Pte. W. Wright. 2nd. Hampshire Regt.) mounted court-style, minor contact marks and polishing to first, very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- William Wright was born in Salisbury in 1865 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 1 November 1883. A groom by trade, he served one year and 170 days in Malta before joining operations in Burma from 9 January 1886 to 21 April 1891. Transferred to Army Reserve after 12 years with the Colours, he returned to service during the Boer War and was present in central Transvaal at the Battle of Diamond Hill on 11-12 June 1900 which was later described by Sir Ian Hamilton as the ‘turning point’ in the South African campaign. Sold with copied service record.
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Pair: Private W. Wright, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-89, clasps mounted in this order, with top lugs removed (1207 Pte. W. Wright 1st. Bn. Hamps.R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (1207 Pte. W. Wright. 2nd. Hampshire Regt.) mounted court-style, minor contact marks and polishing to first, very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- William Wright was born in Salisbury in 1865 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 1 November 1883. A groom by trade, he served one year and 170 days in Malta before joining operations in Burma from 9 January 1886 to 21 April 1891. Transferred to Army Reserve after 12 years with the Colours, he returned to service during the Boer War and was present in central Transvaal at the Battle of Diamond Hill on 11-12 June 1900 which was later described by Sir Ian Hamilton as the ‘turning point’ in the South African campaign. Sold with copied service record.
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