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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 438A

(x) Three: Private J. Lewington, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

Afghanistan 1880, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (1368. Pte J. Lewington. 9th Lancers.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1369 Private J. Lewington 9th Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (1358. Pte. J. Lewington. 9th Lancers.), pitting, contact marks, nearly very fine (3)

John Lewington was born on 15 May 1850 in Odiham, Southampton, the son of Thomas and Ann Lewington. He served as a Private in the 9th Lancers during the Second Afghan War fighting at Charasua, Kabul and Kandahar as well as taking part in the Kabul to Kandahar march. Married Sarah Parker on 19 December 1890 at Yorktown Church in Camberley, Surrey. Lewington worked as a Staff College Servant having left the Army. He is noted as having been an Army Pensioner and died at 17 Park Street, Camberley on 22 September 1927; sold together with copied birth, marriage and death certificates and a copied photograph of the recipient's home on Park Street.

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£400