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Auction: 5005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 118

Three: Private W. Shipston, King´s Own Scottish Borderers India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (2925 Pte. W. Shipston. 1st Bn. K. O. Sco. Bord); India General Service 1895-1902, one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (2925 Pte. D. Shipston 2d. Bn. K.O. Sco: Bord:), [note different initial]; Queen´s South Africa, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (2925 Pte. W. Shipston. K.O. Scot: Bord:), suspension loose on first medal, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) Estimate £ 420-480 Private William Shipston, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; enlisted 1st Battalion King´s Own Scottish Borderers, 1888; transferred 2nd Battalion King´s Own Scottish Borderers, 1890; placed on Army Reserve 1896 to rejoin the same Regiment 1899-1901 before eventual discharge; died 1945.

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