Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (1060 Hy. Wood, 70th Foot.) officially impressed naming, very fine £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of New Zealand War Medals.

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Henry Wood was born in the Parish of Woodbridge, Suffolk, and attested for the 60th Rifles at Tynemouth, Northumberland, on 31 August 1858, aged 28 years 5 months, a tailor by trade. He transferred to the 70th Regiment on 20 August 1863, having volunteered for service in New Zealand where he arrived in January 1864, and served there for 2 years 3 months. He was discharged, having been found unfit for further service, at Dover on 23 October 1866.

Sold with copied discharge papers and a detailed biography of his military service.