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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 172

88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)

This unit shared in the 9th Xhosa Wars in South Africa with their Headquarters returned from the eastern frontier to their former station at Cape Town, with 'F' Company remaining on St Helena. Following the disaster at Isandhlwana, they were concentrated at the bottom of the Tugela and then with The Buffs and 99th Foot formed the 1st Brigade of Crealock's Divisions. They shared in the advances to Forts Crealock, Chelmsford & Napoleon and were returned to Natal in August. It embarked for India on 1 October 1879.

985 Medals issued to the unit, 367 of these with clasp '1877-8-9'.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (1109. Pte. E. Fleming. 88th Foot.), very fine

Edward Fleming enlisted at Westport in November 1876 and landed in South Africa in July 1877. Serving in Zululand from October 1878, he was invalided at Natal on 16 August 1879.

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£480