Lot Archive

Lot

№ 400

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12 June 1991

Hammer Price:
£170

Three: Major T. J. Lenehan, Royal Army Medical Corps.

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Surgn. Capt., A.M.S.); QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, C.C., Def. of L'smith, O.F.S., Trans. (Capt. RAM.C.); KING'S SOUTH AFRICA, 2 clasps, S.A.1901, S.A.1902 (Capt., M.B., R.A.M.C.), contact marks, good very fine (3)

Major Thomas Joseph Lenehan served in the Army Medical Services as Surgeon Captain with the relief force, Chitral, 1895. He transferred to the R.A.M.C. when it was formed in 1898 and served in South Africa, being present at the Defence of Ladysmith.