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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 165

Pair: Major G. Shields, Army Pay Department, Attached Norfolk Regiment, Late Suffolk Regiment and Royal Warwickshire Regiment
India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (... G Shields H M's. 1st. Bn., 6th. Regt.), rank obliterated; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut: G. Shields, 1/12th. Regt.), light contact marks, very fine (2)

Major George Shields, born February 1839; enlisted in the 6th (Royal Warwickshire) Foot, January 1856, and served in the ranks for 12 years and 280 days; Commissioned Sub Lieutenant, 12th (East Suffolk) Foot, December 1872; served with the Regiment during the Second Afghan War; transferred to the Army Pay Department, attached 9th (Norfolk) Foot, June 1879; promoted Honorary Major, June 1884.

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