Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (1768. Pte. A. Slight, 2/W.I.R.) minor edge bruise, very fine £180-£220

Augustus Slight was born in St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, and attested for the West India Regiment at Jamaica on 14 August 1895. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Africa from 17 November 1897 to 9 October 1898, taking part in the Sierra Leone Expedition of 1898. His service papers note, under ‘wounded’, that he suffered a severe blow on the left side caused by a stick. He was discharged, medically unfit for further service, on 19 December 19905, after 10 years and 128 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers.