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Auction: 23112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 95

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1366. Pte C. Alderman. 90th Foot.), minor pitting, edge bruising, very fine

Note the recipient is misnamed Aderman on the Forsyth medal roll.

Charles Alderman was born at Andover, Hampshire in 1857. Posted to South Africa on 11 January 1878, the Regiment saw action at the Battle of Ulundi. Alderman was posted away to India after the war on 19 October 1879, were he was to serve for the next four years. Returning to Britain on 19 December 1883, he remained on Home Service until 12 September 1889.

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