Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2223 Pte. G. Powell, A.H.C.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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George Powell was born in the Parish of Walcott, near Bath. A Baker by occupation, he enlisted into the Army Hospital Corps on 14 August 1873, aged 20 years. He served overseas on the Isle of St. Helena, July 1876-February 1879; Cape Province, February 1879-December 1880; and once more in St. Helena, December 1880-December 1885. Powell re-engaged as a member of the Medical Staff Corps in May 1885 and was discharged on 15 August 1894. With copied service papers and other research.