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Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (30685 Gun. H. Hughes, No.3 Div. Cst. Bde. R.A.) unit officially re-engraved, good very fine £60-£80

Henry Hughes was born in Carmarthen in 1840 and attested for the Royal Artillery on 19 December 1861. He served in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from August 1862 to September 1867; Gibraltar from September 1867 to October 1874; and latterly in Guernsey from 1880 to 1885, where three of his children were born. He was discharged in July 1886.