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Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. King-Church, 1st West India Regiment East and West Africa...
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Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. King-Church, 1st West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (2476. C.S. Maj: J. King-Church. 1/W.I.R:); British War Medal 1914-20 (Q.M. & Capt. J. E. King-Church.) minor edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £240-£280 --- John Eyre King-Church was born in Bloomsbury, London, on 26 June 1872, the son of James Noah King-Church and Julia Gertrude Pelzer, the celebrated guitarist, and joined the Army in 1891. Appointed Company Sergeant Major in the 1st West India Regiment, he served in Sierra Leone during the ‘hut tax’ war, 18 February 1898 to 9 March 1899, and was subsequently promoted Quartermaster Sergeant. He was commissioned Quartermaster (Honorary Lieutenant) on 16 May 1906, and was seriously injured in the Jamaica Earthquake of January 1907. Promoted Captain (Quartermaster) on 7 November 1916, he served during the Great War at the Depot at Kingston, Jamaica (entitled to a British War Medal only). Promoted Major on 16 May 1919, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 24 December 1924, he retired on 20 September 1926, just before the Regiment was disbanded in October 1926. He died in London on 23 December 1945. Sold with various photographic images, medal roll extracts, and other research.
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Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. King-Church, 1st West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (2476. C.S. Maj: J. King-Church. 1/W.I.R:); British War Medal 1914-20 (Q.M. & Capt. J. E. King-Church.) minor edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £240-£280 --- John Eyre King-Church was born in Bloomsbury, London, on 26 June 1872, the son of James Noah King-Church and Julia Gertrude Pelzer, the celebrated guitarist, and joined the Army in 1891. Appointed Company Sergeant Major in the 1st West India Regiment, he served in Sierra Leone during the ‘hut tax’ war, 18 February 1898 to 9 March 1899, and was subsequently promoted Quartermaster Sergeant. He was commissioned Quartermaster (Honorary Lieutenant) on 16 May 1906, and was seriously injured in the Jamaica Earthquake of January 1907. Promoted Captain (Quartermaster) on 7 November 1916, he served during the Great War at the Depot at Kingston, Jamaica (entitled to a British War Medal only). Promoted Major on 16 May 1919, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 24 December 1924, he retired on 20 September 1926, just before the Regiment was disbanded in October 1926. He died in London on 23 December 1945. Sold with various photographic images, medal roll extracts, and other research.
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