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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 315

Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (1636. Lce. Corpl. J. Craven, 1-2nd. Foot), scroll suspension, extremely fine Estimate £ 80-110 1636 Lance Corporal John Herbert Craven, born Barnsley, Yorkshire, 1839; enlisted in the Indian Army, January 1860; transferred, Sappers and Miners, March 1860; promoted Corporal, November 1862; transferred British Army, Sappers and Miners, January 1863; Sergeant, September 1868; transferred, Corporal, 2nd Foot, September 1870; Awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal January 1878; discharged January 1881 after 20 years and 359 days with the colours.

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