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Memorial Plaque (George Nelson Sheffield) heavily polished, therefore fair £60-£80
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Memorial Plaque (George Nelson Sheffield) heavily polished, therefore fair £60-£80
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George Nelson Sheffield was born in Brighton, Sussex, on 13 October 1871 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Essex Regiment on 11 April 1894. He served as a special Service Officer during the Ashanti War of 1900 (entitled to medal and clasp), and with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, attached to the 12th Mounted Infantry (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902). Posted then to the Southern Nigeria Regiment, he was present during the operations in 1903 to 1905 (entitled to an Africa General Service Medal with clasps for S. Nigeria 1903, S. Nigeria 1904, and S. Nigeria 1904-05).
Subsequently Mentioned in Despatches for services in Southern Nigeria (London Gazette 7 April 1911), having been commended for his excellent services by Lieutenant-Colonel (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Trenchard, Sheffield served during the Great War in South West Africa from 26 August 1914, with the 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment - Special Reserve (entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio). He died at home on 1 January 1918, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Hastings Cemetery, Sussex.
Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.
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George Nelson Sheffield was born in Brighton, Sussex, on 13 October 1871 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Essex Regiment on 11 April 1894. He served as a special Service Officer during the Ashanti War of 1900 (entitled to medal and clasp), and with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, attached to the 12th Mounted Infantry (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902). Posted then to the Southern Nigeria Regiment, he was present during the operations in 1903 to 1905 (entitled to an Africa General Service Medal with clasps for S. Nigeria 1903, S. Nigeria 1904, and S. Nigeria 1904-05).
Subsequently Mentioned in Despatches for services in Southern Nigeria (London Gazette 7 April 1911), having been commended for his excellent services by Lieutenant-Colonel (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Trenchard, Sheffield served during the Great War in South West Africa from 26 August 1914, with the 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment - Special Reserve (entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio). He died at home on 1 January 1918, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Hastings Cemetery, Sussex.
Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.
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Memorial Plaque (George Nelson Sheffield) heavily polished, therefore fair £60-£80
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George Nelson Sheffield was born in Brighton, Sussex, on 13 October 1871 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Essex Regiment on 11 April 1894. He served as a special Service Officer during the Ashanti War of 1900 (entitled to medal and clasp), and with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, attached to the 12th Mounted Infantry (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902). Posted then to the Southern Nigeria Regiment, he was present during the operations in 1903 to 1905 (entitled to an Africa General Service Medal with clasps for S. Nigeria 1903, S. Nigeria 1904, and S. Nigeria 1904-05).
Subsequently Mentioned in Despatches for services in Southern Nigeria (London Gazette 7 April 1911), having been commended for his excellent services by Lieutenant-Colonel (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Trenchard, Sheffield served during the Great War in South West Africa from 26 August 1914, with the 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment - Special Reserve (entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio). He died at home on 1 January 1918, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Hastings Cemetery, Sussex.
Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.
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George Nelson Sheffield was born in Brighton, Sussex, on 13 October 1871 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Essex Regiment on 11 April 1894. He served as a special Service Officer during the Ashanti War of 1900 (entitled to medal and clasp), and with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, attached to the 12th Mounted Infantry (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902). Posted then to the Southern Nigeria Regiment, he was present during the operations in 1903 to 1905 (entitled to an Africa General Service Medal with clasps for S. Nigeria 1903, S. Nigeria 1904, and S. Nigeria 1904-05).
Subsequently Mentioned in Despatches for services in Southern Nigeria (London Gazette 7 April 1911), having been commended for his excellent services by Lieutenant-Colonel (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Trenchard, Sheffield served during the Great War in South West Africa from 26 August 1914, with the 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment - Special Reserve (entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio). He died at home on 1 January 1918, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Hastings Cemetery, Sussex.
Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.
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