Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (271 Sergt. W. Blades. 63rd Foot.) edge nicks, very fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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William Blades was born near Horncastle, Lincolnshire, in 1840 and attested for the 63rd Foot at Kingston on Hull on 9 October 1858. He served in Ireland and in Canada and was promoted Corporal on 19 September 1862. Following his return to the U.K in 1865 he served in Scotland and Ireland, and was promoted Sergeant in May 1868. In 1870 he accompanied his regiment to India. At Umballa in October 1879 he was accepted for discharge after 21 years’ service, and was finally discharged from Netley in March 1880. He had been recommended for and received the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1877. He died at Coatbridge in January 1893.

Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.