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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 173

Three: Private J. James, South Staffordshire Regiment
South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (823. Pte. J. James, 80th. Foot.); Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (823. Pte. J. James. 1/S. Staff. R.); Khedive's Star 1882, unnamed as issued, edge bruising, nearly very fine (3)

823 Private Joseph James, born Walsall, Staffordshire, 1857; enlisted in the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Foot, October 1876; transferred to the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Foot, May 1879; served with the Regiment in South Africa, May 1879 to May 1880; re-joined the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment (formerly the 38th Foot), October 1881; served with the Regiment in Egypt, July 1882 to March 1883; discharged, October 1888, after 12 years with the Colours.

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