Pair: Sergeant F. Thorley, Royal Artillery

India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (18172 Sergt. F. Thorley 9 M.B.R.A.) unofficial connections between clasps; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (18172 Sergt. F. Thorley R.A.) last with official correction to service number, contact marks, very fine and better (2) £160-£200

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

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Frank Thorley was born at Manchester and attested for the Royal Artillery at Liverpool on 9 November 1876, aged 20, a labourer by trade. He served overseas in India from November 1878 to March 1880; Afghanistan from March 1880 to May 1881; India from May 1881 to May 1889, and again from December 1890 to March 1898. For his service in the Afghan War he was awarded the Afghanistan Medal with clasp for Kandahar and the Kabul to Kandahar Star. In addition to the medals above, Thorley was also awarded the India General Service with clasps for Burma 1885-7, Sikkim 1888 and Hazara 1891, for his service in: the Zhob Valley in 1884; Burma Field Force in 1886-87; Sikkim Field Force in 1888-89; Hazara in 1891; Isazai in 1892; and the Tirah Field Force in 1897-98.

Sold with copied discharge papers.