Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (8835. Tp: Q.M. Sergt. G. Fletcher. R.E.; 11316 Sergt. W. Long. R.E.) both engraved naming, minor official correction to surname on first, good very fine (2) £100-£140

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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George Fletcher was born in Lincoln in September 1847 and enlisted in the Royal Engineers in September 1866. He subsequently served for 21 years with the Colours, all of them on the home establishment as a telegraphist and was appointed a Troop Quarter-Master Sergeant in July 1882. Awarded his L.S. and G.C. Medal in 1885, he was finally discharged as a Sergeant in September 1887 and died at Farnham, Surrey in the last quarter of 1896.

William Long was born in Southampton, Hampshire in May 1852 and enlisted in the Royal Engineers in August 1871. He subsequently served for 21 years with the Colours, all of them on the home establishment in Ordnance Survey units and was discharged as a Company Sergeant-Major in August 1892. He died in Southminster, Essex in November 1923.