Lot Archive

Lot

№ 203

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27 September 1994

Hammer Price:
£410

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897- 98 (4867 Pte. J. Jones, 1st Bn. Gord. Hrs.) nearly extremely fine

Ex. Jack Wadey Collection.

Private John Jones was dangerously wounded, by a gun shot in the left thigh, during the Gordons' gallant assault and capture of the Dargai Heights, 20 October 1897, where Piper George Findlater and Private Edward Lawson won the Victoria Cross.