Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (49th. Bde. 147. Pte. T. Cornelius, 2-7th. Foot) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £100-£140

Thomas Cornelius was born in Colchester, Essex, in 1840 and attested there for the 5th Fusiliers on 16 March 1858. He transferred to the 7th Royal Fusiliers on 7 November 1867, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with a £5 Gratuity, on 19 June 1877. He was discharged on 13 May 1879, after 21 years and 59 days’ service, of which 12 years had been spent soldiering in India. He subsequently became an officer’s servant at the School of Military Engineering at Gillingham, Kent.

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