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Auction: 16002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 18

Pair: Colonel W.E.R. Kelly, 3rd Foot
Jubilee 1897, silver (Colonel W.E.R. Kelly, The Buffs.), contemporarily impressed in upright serif capitals; India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Perak (Captn. W.E.R. Kelly. 1/3rd. Foot.), good very fine, mounted as worn on a silver bar with gold retaining pin (2)

Colonel Waldron Edward Roper Kelly, born September 1844; Commissioned into the Essex Rifles Militia, April 1858; transferred to the Highland Borderers Light Infantry, 1860; Commissioned Ensign, 3rd Foot, August 1864; promoted Lieutenant, October 1867; Captain, April 1875; served with the 1st Battalion during the Perak Expedition, 1875-76; served as Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion, October 1880 to October 1885; promoted Major, September 1881; served as Assistant Military Secretary to Major-General Sir C.K. Pearson, K.C.M.G., C.B., General Officer Commanding, West Indies, January 1886 to March 1890; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and appointed Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment, July 1891; retired, September 1901, having subsequently served as Commanding Officer of the 3rd Regimental District.

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