Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1866 (338 Wm. Notley, 50th Qn’s Own Rgt.) officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of New Zealand War Medals.

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William Notley was born in the Parish of Hessett, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and attested there for the 50th Regiment on 11 February 1858, aged 20 years 3 months, a volunteer from the West Suffolk Militia. He joined the regiment in Ceylon where he served for 3 years 9 months before moving to New Zealand in November 1863. In January 1864 he was part of an 19-man detachment attached for service with the Land Transport Corps, serving at Whata Whata and Mere Mere, and by June 1864 at Queen’s Redoubt. For most of the next two years he was serving at Wanganui until being posted to the left wing of the 50th Regiment at Taranaki from 1 October 1866. He arrived in Sydney in June 1867 and eventually sailed for England aboard the Himalaya in March 1869. He was recommended for the L.S. & G.C. medal in April 1876 which he duly received the following year, and was discharged at Colchester on 1 April 1879.

Sold with copied discharge papers and a detailed biography of his military service.