South Africa 1834-53 (Gnr. & Dr. R. Blair. Rl. Arty.) attempted erasure of naming but all perfectly legible, scratching overall, therefore good fine £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Robert Blair was born in Newtown Limavady, County Derry, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Coleraine on 28 October 1846, aged 17. He served overseas at the Cape of Good Hope for 8 years 4 months, including the third Kaffir war, and was discharged there on 14 January 1860, intending to reside in the Cape. He had been convicted once by the Civil Power and twice by Court Martial, in all cases for habitual drunkenness and absence, and was 21 times recorded in the Regimental Defaulters Book. He was discharged following a second hard fall from his horse, on each occasion damaging a shoulder.

Sold with copied discharge papers.