Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Bandmaster A. J. Norris, 5th Lancers, late 1st Life Guards and 7th Hussars

Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue (Bandmaster A. J. Norris. 5-Lrs.) light contact marks, about extremely fine (2) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Musicians formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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Alfred John Norris was born on 18 August 1865 at London Colney, Hertfordshire, and attested for the 1st Life Guards at London on 18 August 1879. He transferred to the 7th Hussars on 1 August 1881, and was appointed a Trumpeter on 1 March 1882. Promoted Corporal on 1 November 1886, he was advanced to Band Sergeant on 12 November 1887, and subsequently proceeded to Kneller Hall to qualify as a Bandmaster in February 1895. He transferred to the 5th Lancers, with the rank of Bandmaster, on 17 December 1897, and served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 13 February 1898 until 28 April 1902 (entitled to both Queen’s and King’s South Africa Medals). Awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and the 1911 Coronation Medal, he was finally discharged on 30 September 1912 after 33 years and 44 days’ service, and subsequently served as Bandmaster to the Dublin Police from 1912 until 1930. Recommended for the Meritorious Service Medal in January 1905, he received it on 17 September 1932, and died in 1937.

Sold with various photographic images of the recipient.