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Three: Quartermaster Sergeant P. Wilson, West India Regiment, late York and Lancaster...
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Three: Quartermaster Sergeant P. Wilson, West India Regiment, late York and Lancaster Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2796. Corpl. P. Wilson. 2/York & Lanc: R.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, 1893-94, 1892, clasps mounted in this order, with unofficial rivets between clasps (2455. Qr. M. Sgt. P. Wilson. 1/W.I. Rgt.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, contact marks and edge bruising, very fine Sold together with the following duplicate group: Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant P. Wilson, West India Regiment, late York and Lancaster Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2796. Corpl: P. Wilson. 2nd. York & Lanc: R.) later impressed naming; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1892, this a tailor’s copy (2455. Qr:- Mr:- Serjt: P. Wilson. 1st. W. India Regt.) later impressed naming, generally good very fine (5) £600-£800 --- Paul Wilson was born in Leeds in 1857 and attested for the 7th Brigade at Manchester on 16 June 1881. Posted to the York and Lancaster Regiment, he served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt from 5 August to 6 November 1882, and was present at the action at Tel-el-Kebir. Transferring to the 1st Battalion, West India Regiment, he was promoted Quartermaster Sergeant on 31 May 1889, and served on the West Coast of Africa from 2 January 1892 to 1 June 1893, taking part in the expedition against Tambi, in Sierra Leone, 8 March to 11 April 1892; from 3 January 1894 to 24 January 1895, taking part in the operations on the Gambia River in the expedition against Chief Fodeh Silah, 22 February to 11 March 1894; and from 9 December 1897 to 16 March 1898. He was discharged on 17 June 1898, after 17 years and 2 days’ service. Following the outbreak of the Boer War Wilson attested for the Imperial Yeomanry on 7 January 1902, and served with the 126th Company, 27th Battalion in South Africa from 1 May to 19 October 1902. He was discharged on 26 October 1902. Sold with copied service papers and other research. Note: It is unknown why the recipient was awarded a duplicate group, and there is no trace in the medal rolls of the award of duplicates or replacement medals.
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Three: Quartermaster Sergeant P. Wilson, West India Regiment, late York and Lancaster Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2796. Corpl. P. Wilson. 2/York & Lanc: R.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, 1893-94, 1892, clasps mounted in this order, with unofficial rivets between clasps (2455. Qr. M. Sgt. P. Wilson. 1/W.I. Rgt.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, contact marks and edge bruising, very fine Sold together with the following duplicate group: Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant P. Wilson, West India Regiment, late York and Lancaster Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2796. Corpl: P. Wilson. 2nd. York & Lanc: R.) later impressed naming; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1892, this a tailor’s copy (2455. Qr:- Mr:- Serjt: P. Wilson. 1st. W. India Regt.) later impressed naming, generally good very fine (5) £600-£800 --- Paul Wilson was born in Leeds in 1857 and attested for the 7th Brigade at Manchester on 16 June 1881. Posted to the York and Lancaster Regiment, he served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt from 5 August to 6 November 1882, and was present at the action at Tel-el-Kebir. Transferring to the 1st Battalion, West India Regiment, he was promoted Quartermaster Sergeant on 31 May 1889, and served on the West Coast of Africa from 2 January 1892 to 1 June 1893, taking part in the expedition against Tambi, in Sierra Leone, 8 March to 11 April 1892; from 3 January 1894 to 24 January 1895, taking part in the operations on the Gambia River in the expedition against Chief Fodeh Silah, 22 February to 11 March 1894; and from 9 December 1897 to 16 March 1898. He was discharged on 17 June 1898, after 17 years and 2 days’ service. Following the outbreak of the Boer War Wilson attested for the Imperial Yeomanry on 7 January 1902, and served with the 126th Company, 27th Battalion in South Africa from 1 May to 19 October 1902. He was discharged on 26 October 1902. Sold with copied service papers and other research. Note: It is unknown why the recipient was awarded a duplicate group, and there is no trace in the medal rolls of the award of duplicates or replacement medals.
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