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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 55

Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (58th. Bde. 2739. Pte. C. Broomwick, 91st. Foot.), polished, therefore good fine, the reverse better

2739 Private Charles Broomwick, born Warwick, 1841; enlisted in the 24th Foot as 981 Private, November 1859; served with the 2nd Battalion in Mauritius, the East Indies, and in South Africa from March 1878; according to the Roll compiled by Lieutenant J.R.M. Chard, '981 Private C. Bromwich [sic], 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot was present at the Defence of Rorke's Drift, 22-23.1.1879'; transferred to the 58th Brigade, 91st Foot, December 1879, as 2739 Private; awarded Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, April 1880; discharged, June 1880, after 21 years and 93 days' service.

Note: Broomwick was sent to the General Depot at Pietermaritzburg, 31.10.1878, and his pay via the Service Companies of the 24th Regiment ceased with effect from this date. There is no record of him returning to his Company between then and the end of January 1879 in order for him to have been present at the Defence of Rorke's Drift. He was subsequently sent to Cape Town and then transferred to the 91st Highlanders with the new Army number 58B/2739.

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