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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 227

x Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Lt. W.M. Rolph. 2/17 Leic:R.), engraved in sloping serif capitals, top lugs removed, good very fine Estimate £ 450-500 Colonel William Mogg Rolph (1842-1918); born Dundas, Canada; educated at Cheltenham College; commissioned Ensign 17th Foot, 1861; Lieutenant 1864; served with the regiment in Canada; Adjutant 1866-74; advanced Major 1888; Officer Commanding 1st Battalion 17th Foot, February 1890-February 1894; advanced Colonel 1895; retired 1899; died at Westcotes Grange, Leicester.

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