The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery

Pair: Corporal Hashimu, No. 1 Battery, Northern Nigeria Regiment (Artillery), who was killed in action during the Sokoto-Birmi expedition of April-July 1903

Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi (631 Corpl: Hashimu. W.A.F.F.) low relief bust, officially impressed naming; Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, N. Nigeria, N. Nigeria 1903 (Corpl: Hashima. N. Nigeria Regt.) low relief bust, second clasp loose as issued, officially impressed naming, extremely fine (2) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Corporal Hashimu served with No. 1 Battery, Northern Nigeria Regiment (Artillery), West African Frontier Force, with the column which moved from Beckwai on 13 July 1900, for the relief of Kumassi (Medal with Clasp). He received the Africa General Service medal with Clasp ‘N. Nigeria’ for the expedition against the Emir of Yola, August to September 1901; and the Clasp ‘N. Nigeria 1903’ for services during the Sokoto-Birmi expedition, 15 April to 27 July 1903. The roll for this clasp states that Corporal Hashimu was killed in action during the campaign. Of the 17 men killed during this campaign, 10 died at the storming of Birmi on 27 July 1903, when No. 1 Battery N.N. Regiment were engaged firing shrapnel at the town from their 75 mm guns.