A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (1828 Pte. J. Rose. 1/N. Staff: R.) suspension claw re-affixed, edge bruising and contact marks, better than good fine £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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James Rose was born in Manchester in 1870 and initially served 12 years with the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Subsequently volunteering at Lancaster on 5 September 1914, he spent three years on home service with the West Riding Regiment and later worked as a manufacturing examiner for Lord Ashton, before being unfit for general service in 1917.