Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse, edge dated (I. Brogden. Serjeant 46th. Foot 1848.) engraved naming, with original steel clip and steel bar suspension, very fine £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Joseph Brogden was born at Downham, Clitheroe, Lancashire, and attested for the 46th Foot at Lancaster on 11 September 1827, aged 20. He was promoted Corporal on 14 June 1836; Sergeant on 1 July 1838; and Hospital Sergeant on 29 July 1841. He served overseas in India for 5 years and 64 days; in Gibraltar for 1 year and 358 days; in the West Indies for 3 years; and in North America for 3 years and 76 days. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1848, and was discharged, unfit for further service, on 24 February 1849. He died in Kent in 1884.

Sold with copied record of service and other research.