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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 167

Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1596 Baty. Qr. Mr. Sergt. J. Kennedy 6th. Battery 8th. Bde. R.A.), good very fine Estimate £ 160-200 1596 Battery Quarter Master Sergeant John William Kennedy, born Limehouse, London, 1836; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, July 1861; promoted Corporal, July 1865; served with the Artillery in Canada, September 1868 to November 1870; Sergeant, July 1878; served with the Artillery in India and Afghanistan, December 1879 to May 1883, and present at the Battle of Kandahar, 1.9.1880; Quarter Master Sergeant, July 1880; discharged, July 1883, after 21 years and 120 days with the Colours.

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