SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 391


CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1870 (1274. Private W. Dunmore 69th Foot) Canadian style impressed naming, contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine


£200-260


392


CANADAGENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1870 (978 Segt. G. Emery. 69 Regt.) naming engraved in sloping capitals, nearly extremely fine


£400-500


Confirmed on the medal roll as having been in action at Trout River on 27 May 1870.


‘The final skirmish of 1870 occurred at Trout River on the 27th of May, which is located about 10 miles west of Eccles Hill. A Canadian Force 250 strong, consisting of the 50th Batt. (Huntingdon Borderers), Montreal Garrison Artillery, Montreal Field Artillery and Montreal Engineers, along with a detachment of British 69th Regiment, met the Fenians early in the morning. Once again, after an advance of great steadiness by the Canadians and the British, the Fenians broke and fled across the border. Three Fenians were killed, several wounded and one man was captured.’


George Emery was born in the Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, near Longton, Staffordshire, and attested for the 69th Regiment at Gosport on 25 July 1864. He was a potter before enlistment. In February 1879 he volunteered to the 25th Brigade of Infantry and joined the 1st 24th Regiment, with whom he served in South Africa from March to October 1879. In January 1880 he transferred again, this time to the 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers, and went out to India. He suffered a self-inflicted gun shot wound to his left cheek when at Agra in July 1882, but was not discharged from the Army until 29 December 1885.


An impressed medal in pair with a South Africa 1877-79 with clasp ‘1879’ is known.


393


CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1870 (1096 Pte. W. Burgess, 69: Regt.) officially impressed naming, extremely fine


£300-360


William Burgess was born at Breamore, Hampshire, on 27 March 1847, and enlisted for a term of ten years into the 69th Foot at Gosport on 22 September 1864, aged 17 years 6 months, a musician by trade. Prior to his enlistment he had been serving as a volunteer in the Hampshire Artillery Militia since June 1863. He served in Canada from 19 August 1867 to 14 November 1870, and took part in the suppression of the second Fenian uprising in May 1870, the 69th being part of the force that defeated the Fenians at Trout River, Quebec, on 27 May. After service in Canada, Burgess went with the regiment to Bermuda until April 1873, and thence to Gibraltar, where he was promoted to Corporal in January 1874 and re-engaged to complete 21 years on 21 February 1874. He returned Home in May 1874 and then served in Gibraltar from October 1876 to December 1878, being promoted to Sergeant in April of that year before returning Home once more. On 16 August 1882, he transferred to the 3rd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment as a Sergeant Drummer until discharged at Warrington on 3 November 1885.


Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extract.


394


CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (1117. Sergt. W. Fraser. 1/60 K.O.R.) officially engraved naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine


£2000-2600


123 ‘Red River 1870’ clasps to this regiment. Sold with full roll of recipients from the 1/60th.


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