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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 215

Four: Private B. Ginn, Devon Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3093 Pte. B. Ginn 1st. Bn. Devon Regt.), suspension slack; Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (3093 Pte. B. Ginn, Devon: Regt.); King´s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3093 Pte. B. Ginn. Devon: Regt.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (3093 Pte. B. Ginn. Devon Regt.), contact marks, good fine or better, together with the recipient´s Army Pay Book (4) Estimate £ 450-500 3093 Private Benjamin Ginn, born Greenwich; enlisted in the Devon Regiment, September 1890; served with the Regiment in India from January 1893 and took part in the Perak Expedition on the North West Frontier; served in South Africa from September 1899 and present at the actions of Elandslaagte, the Defence of Ladysmith, and operations in the Transvaal; discharged 1910. Private Ginn served as a Bandsman, playing the clarinet. After leaving the Army he became a postman and belonged to the Glamorgan Yeomanry (Territorial Army), playing in their Regimental Band. After the Second World War he played for St. Peter´s Military Band, and played with the band at all the major rugby internationals at the Cardiff Arms Park. For the medals to Private Henry Ginn, brother of Benjamin Ginn, see the following Lot.

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