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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 38

India General Service 1895-1908, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4254 Pte. R. Woolgar 2d Bn. Ryl. Suss. Regt.), very fine

Reuben Woolgar was born at Bramber, Sussex in December 1874 and was a groom by trade upon his joining the Royal Sussex Regiment in January 1893. He served in India with the 2nd Battalion from 9 December 1894-8 February 1905 (Medal & 2 clasps) and qualified as a Mounted Infantryman on 8 September 1899. Discharged in February 1905, he returned to work on a farm in Sussex and died at Cuckfield in 1960, whilst his wife lived until 1990.

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£160

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