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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 532

(x) Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (18062 Qr: Mr: Serjt: J. Wallace. R.E.), lacquered, very fine

John Thomas Wallace was born around 1865 at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. A fitter by trade, he attested for the Royal Engineers on 4 July 1883 having seen previous service with the 3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He served in Gibraltar, Bermuda and Hong Kong, passing a course of instruction in engine driving at Woolwich in 1885. Promoted Corporal 2nd Class on 15 May 1888, he was discharged at Devonport in the rank of Foreman of Works, Quartermaster Sergeant on 31 July 1904, having latterly served on the Supernumerary Staff. His discharge papers note his intended place of residence as No. 6, The Crescent, Torpoint, Cornwall, but by 1911 he was living with his wife Lydia Annie at 30 Churchway's Avenue, Horfield, Bristol, and working as a building surveyor to a brewery; sold with copied service record and 1911 census details.

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£60

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£40