Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (183 Pte. J. Russell, 59th Foot) minor edge bruise and light contact marks, very fine £80-£100

Joseph Russell, an agricultural labourer from Westbury sub Mendip, Somerset, was born in 1835 and attested into the 81st Foot in 1859. Transferring to the 58th Foot in 1861, he further transferred into the 59th Foot in 1873, with whom he served in Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5 in 1880, before his discharge as an out pensioner at the Royal Hospital, living at Oakhill, near Wells. He died at Frome in 1914.

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