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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 615

Pair: Colour Sergeant-Major J. Jepson, 4th Foot, late 15th Hussars

Abyssinia 1867 (4360 Cr. Sergt. Joseph Jepson 1st. Batt. 4th. The K.O.R. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (4360. Sjt. Maj: J. Jepson, 1-4th. Foot.), attempted erasure to naming and battalion of first, contact marks, nearly very fine (2)

Provenance: Spink, September 1984 (Pair). The Abyssinia as a single, 1980. The L.S. & G.C. as a single, a pawn shop, Manchester, 1963.

Joseph Jepson was born in 1838 at Tideswell, Derby, and was a weaver upon enlistment in the 15th Hussars at Manchester on 2 January 1856. Transferred to the 4th Foot on 1 September 1856, Jepson was promoted Corporal in December 1859, Sergeant on 22 May 1861, and Colour Sergeant on 1 November 1862.

He saw considerable service abroad during this time, including 1 year and 156 days in Mauritius, over 8 years in India, 192 days in Abyssinia, and a further 2 years and 119 days in Gibraltar. In possession of 1 good conduct badge, Jepson was discharged at his own request on the termination of the second period of limited engagement on 22 January 1877, aged 39 years, at Gibraltar.


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