Medals to the Essex Regiment from the Collection of Jack Webb

Pair: Captain W. H. Wreford-Brown, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Capt., 2nd Essex Regt.) naming engraved in the style particular to the D.C.L.I. with which regiment he served in India; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1900, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Capt., Essex Rgt.) mounted ‘cavalry’ style as worn, extremely fine and rare (2) £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the Essex Regiment from the Collection of Jack Webb.

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William Henry Wreford-Brown served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in 1897-98 with the Tirah 1897-98 Expeditionary Force and the Khyber Force, with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Medal with two clasps). Hr served in the South Africa war in 1902 with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment (Medal with three clasps). Only three officers of the Essex Regiment earned the India General Service 1895-1902, Wreford-Brown’s medal being unique with these clasps.