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The Royal Victorian Medal awarded to Sergeant Robert Mills, Royal Guards Reserve Regiment, late Scots Guards, for
services at the funeral of Queen Victoria
ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, V.R., silver (Sgt. R. Mills, R.G.R.R.) in fitted case of issue, extremely fine and an interesting lot
£400-500
Sold with parchment Discharge Certificate from the Scots Guards, dated 19 February 1833; parchment Enrolment Certificate into First
Class Army Reserve, dated 20 February 1883; two further parchment Discharge Certificates, dated 11 August 1893 and 13 March 1901;
parchment Certificate of Character, dated 13 March 1901; black edged admission ticket for Mrs Mills to Wellington Barracks, February
2nd, 1901; and embroidered red cloth ‘Guards R.R.’ shoulder strap.
Robert Mills was born in the Parish of Tydarnet, near Ballinode, County Monaghan, and enlisted at Monaghan for the Scots Fusilier
Guards on 19 February 1877, aged 18. He saw no overseas service and gained no campaign medals during his period of limited
engagement. He was passed to the Reserve on 19 February 1883, serving for a further 6 year period before re-enlisting for a further four
years in the 1st Class Army Reserve on 12 August 1889. He was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Silver in March 1901, for
services at the funeral of Queen Victoria the previous month, and finally discharged from the Royal Guards Reserve Regiment on 13
March 1901.
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BRITISH NORTH BORNEO BRAVERY CROSS, bronze, unnamed, good very fine £300-350
282
IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDALS (5), E.II.R., 1st issue (Joseph Oliver Brown; Leslie Fielder Beagley); E.II.R., 2nd issue (William
George Charles Faulkner; William Quarry; Reginald Alexander Soden), all in their Royal Mint or Spink & Son cases of
issue, one or two official corrections to the first and last, generally good very fine and better (5) £50-70
Joseph Oliver Brown was awarded his I.S.M. in respect of services as a Senior Artificer at the Royal Mint (London Gazette 22
September 1953 refers).
Leslie Fielder Beagley was awarded his I.S.M. in respect of services as an Assistant Superintendent at Bournemouth & Poole Post Office
(London Gazette 26 June 1956 refers).
William George Charles Faulkner was awarded his I.S.M. in respect of services as a Postman for London Postal Services (London
Gazette 23 June 1959 refers).
William Quarry was awarded his I.S.M. in respect of his services as a Technology Officer III in the M.O.D’s Army and Air Force
Department (London Gazette 19 November 1974 refers).
Reginald Alexander Soden was awarded his I.S.M. in respect of his services as an Electrical Fitter for the M.O.D. (London Gazette 11
November 1976 refers).
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