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India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98,...
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India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, clasp carriage altered to accommodate additional clasps, with unofficial rivets between clasps (1733 Pte. George Bettam 1st. Bn. Devon: Regt.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £200-£240
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27 Relief of Chitral 1895 clasps awarded to the Devonshire Regiment. 2 Officer and 16 Men from the Regiment served with the Maxim Gun Detachment during the Relief of Chitral 1895 and received this clasp (this was the second occasion the machine gun was used in action by the British Army); and a further 9 officers and men from the Regiment received the clasp for their involvement elsewhere in the relief.
George Bettam, ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment was a member of the Maxim Gun Detachment comprising 2 officers and 16 men who took part in the Relief of Chitral. Later a Brewery Foreman, he died at Pontypool on 17 August 1925, aged 56.
Note: The recipient is also entitled to an India General Service Medal 1854-95 with clasp Burma 1889-92; and a 1914-15 Star trio, all named to the Devonshire Regiment. The IGS 1854 and IGS 1895 medal rolls are each annotated in the same hand ‘Replacement Is/07 10.4.23’; it would appear therefore that this medal is his original issue and is named in the correct engraved running script contemporary style.
Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research including the recipient’s obituary from Free Press of Monmouthshire dated 28 August 1925 detailing his service career and medals.
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27 Relief of Chitral 1895 clasps awarded to the Devonshire Regiment. 2 Officer and 16 Men from the Regiment served with the Maxim Gun Detachment during the Relief of Chitral 1895 and received this clasp (this was the second occasion the machine gun was used in action by the British Army); and a further 9 officers and men from the Regiment received the clasp for their involvement elsewhere in the relief.
George Bettam, ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment was a member of the Maxim Gun Detachment comprising 2 officers and 16 men who took part in the Relief of Chitral. Later a Brewery Foreman, he died at Pontypool on 17 August 1925, aged 56.
Note: The recipient is also entitled to an India General Service Medal 1854-95 with clasp Burma 1889-92; and a 1914-15 Star trio, all named to the Devonshire Regiment. The IGS 1854 and IGS 1895 medal rolls are each annotated in the same hand ‘Replacement Is/07 10.4.23’; it would appear therefore that this medal is his original issue and is named in the correct engraved running script contemporary style.
Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research including the recipient’s obituary from Free Press of Monmouthshire dated 28 August 1925 detailing his service career and medals.
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India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, clasp carriage altered to accommodate additional clasps, with unofficial rivets between clasps (1733 Pte. George Bettam 1st. Bn. Devon: Regt.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £200-£240
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27 Relief of Chitral 1895 clasps awarded to the Devonshire Regiment. 2 Officer and 16 Men from the Regiment served with the Maxim Gun Detachment during the Relief of Chitral 1895 and received this clasp (this was the second occasion the machine gun was used in action by the British Army); and a further 9 officers and men from the Regiment received the clasp for their involvement elsewhere in the relief.
George Bettam, ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment was a member of the Maxim Gun Detachment comprising 2 officers and 16 men who took part in the Relief of Chitral. Later a Brewery Foreman, he died at Pontypool on 17 August 1925, aged 56.
Note: The recipient is also entitled to an India General Service Medal 1854-95 with clasp Burma 1889-92; and a 1914-15 Star trio, all named to the Devonshire Regiment. The IGS 1854 and IGS 1895 medal rolls are each annotated in the same hand ‘Replacement Is/07 10.4.23’; it would appear therefore that this medal is his original issue and is named in the correct engraved running script contemporary style.
Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research including the recipient’s obituary from Free Press of Monmouthshire dated 28 August 1925 detailing his service career and medals.
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27 Relief of Chitral 1895 clasps awarded to the Devonshire Regiment. 2 Officer and 16 Men from the Regiment served with the Maxim Gun Detachment during the Relief of Chitral 1895 and received this clasp (this was the second occasion the machine gun was used in action by the British Army); and a further 9 officers and men from the Regiment received the clasp for their involvement elsewhere in the relief.
George Bettam, ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment was a member of the Maxim Gun Detachment comprising 2 officers and 16 men who took part in the Relief of Chitral. Later a Brewery Foreman, he died at Pontypool on 17 August 1925, aged 56.
Note: The recipient is also entitled to an India General Service Medal 1854-95 with clasp Burma 1889-92; and a 1914-15 Star trio, all named to the Devonshire Regiment. The IGS 1854 and IGS 1895 medal rolls are each annotated in the same hand ‘Replacement Is/07 10.4.23’; it would appear therefore that this medal is his original issue and is named in the correct engraved running script contemporary style.
Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research including the recipient’s obituary from Free Press of Monmouthshire dated 28 August 1925 detailing his service career and medals.
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