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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 232

x Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Lt. Col: H. Wise, 2nd W.I. Regt. 1873-4), good very fine Estimate £ 340-380 Lieutenant-Colonel Horatio James Wise, born Kent, 1827; commissioned 2nd Battalion West India Regiment, 1849; Lieutenant 1853; advanced Major 1868; Lieutenant-Colonel 1871; served as Officer Commanding 2nd Battalion, 19.10.1872-2.11.1873; including during the Ashantee Campaign, when he arrived with his men at Cape Coast Castle, 6.7.1873; Wise was invalided home with Lieutenant-Colonel Webber assuming command, 2.11.1873; retired Honorary Colonel 1874; died 1881

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