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Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Revd. W. Ayerst, Ben. Eccl. Estabt.) light contact marks, good very fine

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieutt. W. Ayerst 25th. Bo. Infy.) surname partially officially corrected, good very fine (2) £460-550

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell.

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William Ayerst was born in Germany on 16 March 1830, the son of the Reverend William Ayerst, and was educated at King’s College, London, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Appointed Chaplain in the Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment in 1861, he served as Senior Chaplain with the Khyber Field Force in Afghanistan during the Second Afghan War. He subsequently served as Principal of Ayerst Hall, Cambridge, and died on 6 April 1904.

His son, Lieutenant William Ayerst, served with the 25th Bombay Infantry.