Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (4306, Dr. T. Neill, 42nd. Highds. 1873-4) edge bruise, good very fine £300-£400

Thomas Neill was born in Falkirk in 1841 and attested for the 42nd Highlanders as a Drummer Boy, aged 14, in 1855. He was finally discharged to pension on 8 June 1880, after 21 years’ man’s service, of which 5 years and 8 months were spent in India; 4 months on the Gold Coast, and 3 years and 8 months in Malta.

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