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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 88

Pair: Corporal Farrier T. Alborough, 1st Life Guards
Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (997...Farr. Sergt. T. Alborough 1st. Life Gds.); Khedive's Star 1884-6 (Farr. Alborough 1st Life Guards), contemporarily crudely named in running script, rank partially obliterated on first, pitting from Star and heavy contact marks, therefore good fine (2)

997 Corporal Farrier Thomas Alborough, born Bungay, Norfolk, 1858; enlisted in the 1st Life Guards, April 1880; served with the Regiment in the Sudan, September 1884 to July 1885; promoted Corporal Farrier, May 1887; served with the Regiment in South Africa, September 1898 to November 1900 (entitled to Queen's South Africa Medal with Rhodesia and Cape Colony clasps); discharged, 10.5.1902, after 22 years and 14 days with the Colours.

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