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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 308

Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (2) (6247 C.Sjt: F.W. Best. Rl. Fus.; 1259 C.Sjt: J. Hook. Rl. Fus.), nearly very fine (2) Estimate £ 80-120 6247 Colour Sergeant Francis William Best, born Portsmouth, December 1872; enlisted as 3087 Private in the Gloucestershire Regiment, January 1891; transferred to the Royal Fusiliers, May 1898; advanced Colour Sergeant, 28.3.1905; discharged, January 1912, after 21 years with the Colours. 1259 Colour Sergeant John Hook, born Slough, Buckinghamshire, 1861; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, March 1884; advanced Colour Sergeant, July 1893; awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, 1.4.1908; discharged, 11.3.1910, after 26 years with the Colours.

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