Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Drummer W. Larman, Royal West Kent Regiment

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1805 Bandn., 2/.....); Army L.S.& G.C., V.R. (811 Drumr., R.W. Kent R.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £220-260

William Larman attested for the 74th Foot at Devonport on 30 December 1871, as a boy aged 14 years. Ranked as a Boy,then Private, he was appointed a Bandsman in 1878. He served overseas in the Mediterranean, 1872-76, China Command, 1876-80 and in Egypt, 1882-83. Larman was transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment as a Drummer in 1883. Awarded the Long Service Medal in 1890, he was discharged in 1894. Sold with copied service papers.