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AFGHANISTAN WAR MEDAL 1878-80 : 2/60TH. FOOT
Bars 'Ahmed Khel', 'Kandahar', correct style of engraved naming - 1703 Pte. R. HALL, 2/60th. Foot (King's Royal Rifle Corps) : (ROBERT HALL - Born around 1859 at Castleton, Derbyshire, a labourer by trade when he attested for the 60th. Rifles at Ashton Under Lyne on 23 June 1877. Served at home until 29 October 1878 on which date the battalion was posted for service in India. Deployed to Afghanistan from 24 January 1879 where he took part in the action at Ahmed Khel on 19 April 1880; Major General Frederick Roberts' famous march of about three hundred and ten miles from Kabul to Kandahar between 9 and 31 August 1880 and the subsequent action at Kandahar on 1 September 1880. Returned to India from 15 November 1880 where the battalion remained until 24 January 1881. The recipient was subsequently transferred to 3/60th Foot and sent to South Africa in consequence of the outbreak of the First Boer War where the battalion was in action at all the major engagements, Laing's Nek on 28 January 1881; Ingogo on 8 February 1881 and Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881. The recipient returned home on 12 January 1882 and was transferred to Army Reserve from 22 June 1883, having completed six years service. He was also entitled to the Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880.) : Sold with verification, copy Service Papers, copy Baptism Certificate and copies of Census Records for 1901 and 1911. Some contact marks to obverse and rim at 3 o'clock but naming clearly legible : Generally GVF - £565