The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord

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Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Driver Geo. Wheeler, F Tp. R.H. Arty.), rank officially corrected, very fine

Pair: Barrack Colour-Sergeant J. G. Wheeler, Army Service Corps, late Royal Welsh Fusiliers

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (1726 Sergt. J. Wheeler, 1st Bn. R.W. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1726 Cantn. Sgt. J. Wheeler, R. Welsh Fus.), contact marks, generally very fine

Three: Private F. R. Wheeler, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1914 Star, with clasp (5551 Pte. F. R. Wheeler, 1/R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (5551 Pte. F. R. Wheeler, R.W. Fus.), good very fine (6) £550-650

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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George Wheeler is confirmed on the published roll as having received the Indian Mutiny Medal & clasp for his services in ‘F’ Troop, Royal Horse Artillery.

John George Wheeler was born in Limerick in May 1853, the son of George Wheeler, and enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers as a boy recruit in August 1868. Appointed a Canteen Sergeant in 1880, he remained similarly employed until May 1890, in which period he witnessed active service in the Burma operations of 1885-87 (Medal & clasp). Having then taken his discharge on account of his wife’s ill-health, he re-attested as a Barrack Colour-Sergeant in the Army Service Corps, and served in that capacity until again taking his discharge in March 1896; thereafter, he was employed as a Barrack Warden by War Department at Old Barracks, Warwick, until August 1913; sold with a large quantity of original documentation and photographs, including the recipient’s discharge and parchment certificates, 20 or so letters, several being references from senior officers, his marriage certificate, etc.

Frederick Robert Wheeler was born in Dum Dum, India in February 1883, the son of Canteen Sergeant John Wheeler. A pre-war regular soldier, he arrived in Belgium as a member of the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 6 October 1914 and, as verified by accompanying documentation, was subsequently taken P.O.W. and held at Gottingen, Germany. He was demobilised on his repatriation in early 1919; sold with a quantity of original documentation and photographs, including a letter from Lady Burghclere’s Prisoners Fund, dated 24 December 1919, in which the recipient is offered a new overcoat and suit, his Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity, and around a dozen photographs, some of them associated to his time in captivity.