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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 521

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (3097. Sergt. Farr: J. Forward. 2/Dgn. Gds.), nearly extremely fine

John Forward was born at Heathfield, near Taunton, in 1852. Forward attested for the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) at Westminster Police Court on 3 November 1870. The regiment was stationed at the Cavalry Barracks in Colchester during 1871. Forward received Good Conduct Pay on 3 November 1872. He was appointed Shoeing Smith on 9 March 1877, and Farrier on 8 June 1881. By July 1882 he was a Farrier Sergeant. He transferred to the 4th Dragoon Guards on 13 November 1885, receiving his fourth Good Conduct Badge on 3 November 1886. When he received his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in January 1889, it was named to his former regiment. The 1901 census records him living with a wife and four children at 7 Monnow Road, Bermondsey; sold with copied service papers and census records.

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£120

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£50