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8 May 2019

Hammer Price:
£380

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Capt: F. E. Lloyd. 1/25th. Regt.) toned, nearly extremely fine £240-£280

Francis Elliott Lloyd was born at Bath, Somerset, on 13 December 1842, and was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Ensign in the 76th Foot on 3 July 1860, and was promoted Lieutenant on 5 July 1864, and Captain on 9 May 1872. He transferred to the 25th Foot on 12 June 1878, and served with the Regiment in Afghanistan during the Bazar Valley Expedition. Promoted Brigade Major, he subsequently served as a Field Engineer with the Kurram Valley Force, and retired with the rank of Major on 1 January 1881.

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