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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 588

China 1857-60, one clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Gunr. Mathw. Byrne, No.3 B. 13th Bde. R. Art.), minor edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine

Gunner Matthew Byrne, born Gorey, Co. Wexford, 1834; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, January 1856; having previously served in the Dublin Artillery (Militia); served with the Royal Artillery in India during the Indian Mutiny (Medal with no clasp) and in China; awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; discharged, April 1890, after 34 years and 65 days' service.

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