A Collection of Medals to the Royal Artillery

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (16738 Gnr: G. Underhill, R.G.A.) minor edge bruising, very fine £280-£340

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Artillery.

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Dix Noonan Webb, May 2015.

George Henry Underhill was born in North Tawton, Devon. A Farm Labourer by occupation and a member of the 3rd Devonshire Regiment, he enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Exeter on 10 October 1896, aged 23 years, and was posted to the Sierra Leone detachment on 11 October 1897, serving there from 20 November 1897 until 13 April 1898 when he was invalided. Further overseas service followed in Mauritius from June 1902 to August 1904. He transferred to the Army Reserve in October 1904, and was finally discharged having completed his period of service on 9 October 1908. With the onset of the Great War he returned to the service and enlisted into the Royal Garrison Artillery on 3 July 1916. Not serving overseas, he was discharged on 12 December 1917 and was awarded a Silver War Badge.