Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (No. 3784 Bomb. H. Richards, 4th Brigade R.A.) officially impressed naming, very fine £140-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Robert Lamb.

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Henry Richards was born in 1837 in the parish of Edgbaston, Warwickshire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Maidstone, Kent, in September 1858. He served in Canada from 1861 to 1869, and subsequently in India, being awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with Gratuity of £5 in January 1877. He was finally discharged at Woolwich in July 1878.