Pair: Captain S. W. Cameron, 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (Lieut. S. W. Cameron. 80th. Foot.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878 (Lieut: S. W. Cameron. 80th. Foot.) polishing to high relief, nearly very fine and better (2) £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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Saumarez William Cameron was born in 1850 and attested for the 80th Regiment of Foot in 1872. Appointed Sub-Lieutenant in the London Gazette of 16 January 1872, and Lieutenant on 17 January 1874, he is recorded in Hart’s Army List as serving with a detachment of the 80th Regiment in the Perak Expedition of 1875-76. Cameron later served in the Kaffir War of 1878, including operations against Sekukuni, and was raised Captain on 2 February 1881. He took his retirement from the Staffordshire Volunteers in September 1887.