Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2528 Alfred Daniels 1st. Battn....

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2528 Alfred Daniels 1st. Battn. 11th. Foot) traces of brooch mounting to reverse, suspension claw re-affixed, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £70-£90 --- Alfred Daniels was baptised at Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire on 15 July 1827 and attested for the 11th Foot at Trowbridge on 4 January 1847. Posted to a Detachment stationed at Tilbury Fort on 1 August 1847 he later embarked on the 877-ton a convict ship Bangalore for Australia via Dublin and Bermuda on 5 January 1848. They sailed from Bermuda with 202 male convicts on 28 March 1848 and disembarked at Van Diemans Land (Tasmania) on 14 July 1848. Disembarking the convicts he sailed for Sydney to join HQ 11th Foot at the newly built Victoria Barracks, Paddington, Sydney on 5 August 1848; Victoria Barracks continued to be 11th Foot HQ for the remainder of their time in Australia. Daniels’ time in Australia can be followed by reference to the Muster Rolls (details included with the lot): he was posted to a Detachment stationed at Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour on 1 November 1848 (Cockatoo Island operated as a convict penal establishment, primarily as a place of secondary punishment for convicts who had re-offended in the colonies), and similar postings are subsequently recorded. He embarked for England at Sydney on 23 October 1857 and arrived off Spithead on 12 February 1858. Employed in recruiting at Bristol he later returned to 1/11th Foot for service in India. He received his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in Bengal on 7 November 1865 before being finally discharged to pension on 28 April 1868, having served 9 years and 7 months on convict duty in the Australian Colonies and 3 years in India. Returning to Upton Scudamore he died at Warminster on 28 October 1883, aged 56. Sold with copied service records and other research which confirms that this is his sole medal entitlement.