India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891 (2721 Bugler A. E. East. 1st. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.) good very fine £140-£180

Albert Edward East was born in Caddington, Bedfordshire, in 1867 and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Luton on 28 May 1885, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Appointed a Bugler on 17 February 1890, he served with the 1st Battalion in India from 25 November 1890 to 27 March 1893, and took part in the Hazara, Miranzai, and Isazai Expeditions between 1891 to 1892. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 6 April 1893, and was discharged on 10 April 1902, after 16 years and 318 days’ service. He died in Luton on 17 May 1951.

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