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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 229

Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (W. Francis, 24th Foot.), slightly worn, therefore nearly very fine Estimate £ 380-420 3005 Private William Francis, born Colchester, Essex; enlisted 21st Fusiliers 1842, transferred 24th Foot, 1847; wounded in the head by a matchlock butt at Chilianwala (service papers refer), 13.1.1849; discharged 1852, after 9 years and 324 days with the Colours.

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