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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 544

The Honours and Awards of the Berkeley Family

The following five Lots are Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Capt. F. G. Berkeley 47th. Regt.), a slightly late claim, engraved naming in serif capitals, traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine

Frederick George Berkeley was born in April 1841 and was appointed Ensign in the 47th Foot in July 1858 and promoted Lieutenant in February 1860. Arriving in Canada in 1861, Berkeley was promoted Captain in June 1864 and served during the Fenian uprising of 1866, before postings to Barbados in 1868 and the cooler climbs of Ireland in 1870. Appointed Major-General of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in August 1897, he retired to The Almners, Chertsey in 1901, as Commanding Officer of the 47th District. Berkeley died on 6 December 1906, his coffin draped in the Union Jack and carried by his four sons (Manchester Courier & Lancashire General Advertiser 7 December 1906, refers). He left an estate of £25,461, which included a silver cup from the men of the 3rd Lancashire Militia, given to his son, Charles Walter.

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