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Pair: Major G. F. Mappin, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards India General Service...
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Pair: Major G. F. Mappin, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut. G. F. Mappin 4th Dragoon Gds:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (Capt. G. F. Mappin. 4/Drgn. Gds.) engraved naming, light contact marks, very fine and rare to unit (2) £600-£800
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George Frederick Mappin was born on 8 September 1868 and was commissioned Ensign in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 29 November 1890. Promoted Lieutenant on 23 April 1892, he served in India with the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the North West Frontier, and was promoted Captain on 16 February 1898. He saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War as one of three officers and twelve men from the Regiment attached to the 5th Dragoon Guards, and served as a Staff Officer to Colonel Gore at Elandslaagte and at Ladysmith. He remained with the 5th Dragoon Guards throughout the Defence of Ladysmith, participating in the sorties of 7 and 10 December 1899, ands that on 6 January 1900, but was invalided home following the town’s relief the following month. For his service in South Africa he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 8 February 1901). Promoted Major on 14 October 1904, he retired on 8 August 1908, and later joined the 2nd Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry, serving with them during the Great War from 1 February 1915, and as Brigade Major form 3 July 1915. He died on 15 November 1949.
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India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut. G. F. Mappin 4th Dragoon Gds:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (Capt. G. F. Mappin. 4/Drgn. Gds.) engraved naming, light contact marks, very fine and rare to unit (2) £600-£800
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George Frederick Mappin was born on 8 September 1868 and was commissioned Ensign in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 29 November 1890. Promoted Lieutenant on 23 April 1892, he served in India with the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the North West Frontier, and was promoted Captain on 16 February 1898. He saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War as one of three officers and twelve men from the Regiment attached to the 5th Dragoon Guards, and served as a Staff Officer to Colonel Gore at Elandslaagte and at Ladysmith. He remained with the 5th Dragoon Guards throughout the Defence of Ladysmith, participating in the sorties of 7 and 10 December 1899, ands that on 6 January 1900, but was invalided home following the town’s relief the following month. For his service in South Africa he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 8 February 1901). Promoted Major on 14 October 1904, he retired on 8 August 1908, and later joined the 2nd Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry, serving with them during the Great War from 1 February 1915, and as Brigade Major form 3 July 1915. He died on 15 November 1949.
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Pair: Major G. F. Mappin, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut. G. F. Mappin 4th Dragoon Gds:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (Capt. G. F. Mappin. 4/Drgn. Gds.) engraved naming, light contact marks, very fine and rare to unit (2) £600-£800
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George Frederick Mappin was born on 8 September 1868 and was commissioned Ensign in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 29 November 1890. Promoted Lieutenant on 23 April 1892, he served in India with the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the North West Frontier, and was promoted Captain on 16 February 1898. He saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War as one of three officers and twelve men from the Regiment attached to the 5th Dragoon Guards, and served as a Staff Officer to Colonel Gore at Elandslaagte and at Ladysmith. He remained with the 5th Dragoon Guards throughout the Defence of Ladysmith, participating in the sorties of 7 and 10 December 1899, ands that on 6 January 1900, but was invalided home following the town’s relief the following month. For his service in South Africa he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 8 February 1901). Promoted Major on 14 October 1904, he retired on 8 August 1908, and later joined the 2nd Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry, serving with them during the Great War from 1 February 1915, and as Brigade Major form 3 July 1915. He died on 15 November 1949.
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India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut. G. F. Mappin 4th Dragoon Gds:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (Capt. G. F. Mappin. 4/Drgn. Gds.) engraved naming, light contact marks, very fine and rare to unit (2) £600-£800
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George Frederick Mappin was born on 8 September 1868 and was commissioned Ensign in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 29 November 1890. Promoted Lieutenant on 23 April 1892, he served in India with the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the North West Frontier, and was promoted Captain on 16 February 1898. He saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War as one of three officers and twelve men from the Regiment attached to the 5th Dragoon Guards, and served as a Staff Officer to Colonel Gore at Elandslaagte and at Ladysmith. He remained with the 5th Dragoon Guards throughout the Defence of Ladysmith, participating in the sorties of 7 and 10 December 1899, ands that on 6 January 1900, but was invalided home following the town’s relief the following month. For his service in South Africa he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 8 February 1901). Promoted Major on 14 October 1904, he retired on 8 August 1908, and later joined the 2nd Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry, serving with them during the Great War from 1 February 1915, and as Brigade Major form 3 July 1915. He died on 15 November 1949.
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