Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Kyle, 25th Regiment

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (550 P’te. J. Kyle, 1/25. K.O. Bds.) officially engraved naming; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (550. Pte. J. Kyle. 1/25th Foot.) light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £500-£600

One of only 10 such pairs to the regiment, he is further entitled to the L.S. & G.C. medal.

John Boyle, alias John Kyle, was born in the Parish of Five Mile Town, Co. Tyrone. He attested for the 25th Regiment at Glasgow on 13 March 1861, aged 18 years. He was discharged at Netley, being unfit for further service, on 12 July 1881, after serving two years 356 days in Canada and five years 142 days in India, including the Afghanistan campaigns of 1878-79 and 1879-80. Sold with copied discharge papers.