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Auction: 5005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 133

Four: Lieutenant Colonel J.C. Crawford, Manchester Regiment Queen´s South Africa, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt: & Adjt: J.C. Crawford, Manch: Rgt:); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. J.C. Crawford. Manch.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. J.C. Crawford.), the Great War trio a later, although, probably original issue, good very fine or better (4) Estimate £ 240-280 Lieutenant Colonel John Cane Crawford (1868-1933), born in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland; 2nd Lieutenant Manchester Regiment, 1888; advanced Captain 1897; Adjutant 5th Battalion Manchester Regiment, 1898-1903; served in South Africa 1901-02 (Mentioned in Lord Kitchener´s Despatches London Gazette 29.7.1902); Major 1903; re-engaged for the Great War and is shown as Lieutenant Colonel, in command, 92nd Battalion Training Reserve (January 1917 Army List refers).

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