Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3051 Q.M. Sgt. E. Devonshire: Rl. Fus.) engraved naming, suspension slack, polished and worn, therefore fair £60-£80

Edward Devonshire was born in Ware, Hertfordshire, in 1855 and attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Hounslow on 29 April 1871. Purchasing his discharged on 24 May 1873, he re-enlisted in his old unit at Woolwich on 16 October 1876, and was advanced Quartermaster Sergeant on 1888. He was discharged on 15 October 1895, after 19 years’ service; this was subsequently amended to 21 years and 26 days’ service, with his former service allowed to count, and he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, his sole medallic entitlement, per Army Order 64 of 1896. He died in West Ham, Essex, in January 1932.

Sold with copied service papers and a file of research.