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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 210

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Cr. Serjt. J.S. Barson, 73rd. Regt.), edge bruising, contact marks, toned, nearly very fine

1794 Colour Sergeant James Swan Barson, born Cambridge, 1824; enlisted in the 73rd Foot, March 1842; promoted Corporal, July 1844; served with the Regiment in South Africa (entitled to a Kaffir War Medal); promoted Sergeant, August 1852; awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, August 1860; discharged, April 1863, after 21 years and 25 days with the Colours; subsequently appointed First Class Sergeant Instructor, 4th West Yorkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, April 1863; discharged, March 1882, after a further 18 years and 313 days' service.

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