Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (785. Drummer F. Golding, 2-7th Foot) minor edge nick, otherwise very fine £140-£180

Frederick Golding was born at Cookham, Berkshire, and enlisted into the 2/7th Royal Fusiliers on 9 November 1857. He was appointed Drummer in September 1864, and served with the regiment in Canada during the Fenian uprisings in 1866. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in March 1876, he was discharged on 15 July 1878, after 20 years 249 days, of which 13 years were spent abroad, in the Mediterranean, Canada, and India. Sold with copied discharge papers which are later annotated ‘Awarded a Canadian General Service Medal, with clasp for “Fenian Raid 1866”. War Office S.W.3 28.6.’09’.