Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant T. Bright, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (256 Lce. Sergt. T. Bright 1st. Bn. R. W. Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (256 Sejt. T. Bright, R: Welsh Fus:) edge bruising and polishing to first, nearly very fine (2) £200-£240

Thomas Bright, a farm labourer, was born in Shropshire in 1861 and enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Wrexham on 27 December 1882. Posted to India and Burma from 15 December 1885 to 13 May 1889, his Army Service Record states that he was convicted of desertion in 1891 and reduced to the ranks. Posted to South Africa 23 October 1899, he served during operations on the Tugela Heights and at the Relief of Ladysmith and was discharged in 1903 after being found medically unfit for further military service.

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