Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Gunner G. Offord, Royal Garrison Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (13538 Gnr: G. Offord, 15th. Coy. S.D., R.G.A.); China 1900, no clasp (13538 Gunr. G. Offord No. 91 Co. R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (13538 Gnr: G. Offord. R.G.A.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £400-£500

George Offord was born in Thetford, Suffolk, around 1865, and attested for the Suffolk Regiment at Bury St. Edmunds on 17 September 1883. Posted to the 1st Battalion, his Army Service Record notes entitlement to an IGS Medal, clasp Hazara 1888, and subsequent re-engagement with the Colours at Secunderabad in 1894. Transferred to the Royal Artillery as Gunner 31 July 1899, Offord served in South Africa and China from 18 July 1900 to 12 August 1901. Sent to the East Indies a further five years, he received his L.S.G.C. Medal under A.O. 83 of 1 April 1902 - one of the last of type to be issued. Discharged on 20 May 1907 at Fort Fareham, his conduct and character was noted as ‘exemplary’.