Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1864 to 1866 (516 Saml. Bradshaw, 68th Lt. Infty.) officially impressed naming, light edge bruising, otherwise very fine £400-£500

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

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Samuel Bradshaw was born in the Parish of Marsden, near Burnley, Lancashire, and attested for the 68th Regiment at Burnley on 24 April 1858, aged 19, a collier by trade. The 68th Light Infantry arrived in New Zealand from Burma in 1864; Bradshaw was one of a party of reinforcements that arrived from England to join the 68th in March 1864. The regiment was involved in the actions at Gate Pa in April 1864 and Te Ranga in June 1864, with Bradshaw’s presence at both actions being confirmed on the medal roll. He returned to England in June 1866 but departed for India in February 1872, where he served until early 1879; he then returned to England to claim his discharge at Sunderland which was finally granted on 10 June 1879.

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