Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (96740. Q.M.Sgt: A. R. Bastick. R.A.; 6454 Sergt. H. Brothers R.A. Ordce. Deptt.) minor official correction to unit on second, good very fine (2) £80-£100

Albert Richard Bastick was born in Thetford, Norfolk, in 1855, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 5 November 1883. He served in Bermuda in 1884 and South Africa from 22 June 1895, his Army Service Record noting repeated bouts of ill health, notably blood poisoning and injuries caused by accident.

Henry Brothers was born in Dursley, Gloucestershire, in 1854, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Birmingham on 2 August 1877. A carpenter by trade, he died in service at Dum Dum on 4 June 1898 of pneumonia.