Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal - R. A. - Joined Aged 12 - Served 40 Years
Item History & Price
A British Army Victorian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to a soldier form the Royal Artillery who joined the army aged 12 years and 10 months in November 1876 and who served for nearly 37 years until August 1913. He then also served from 1914 until 1917 during the First World War - some 40 years of total service.
The medal is correctly named as follows:
18365 O. R. SGT. G. H. BONYNGE. R. A.
Orderly Room Sergeant George... Henry Bonynge was born on 30th December 1863 in Gibraltar.
By 1871 he was living in Brompton, Kent.
In 1876, aged 12 years and 10 months, he joined the Royal Artillery as a trumpeter and trained at Curragh Camp in Ireland.
He served with the Royal Artillery for nearly 37 years, being awarded this Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1895.
This was his only medal during his entire service.
He was married and had 9 children and lived for many years at the Woolwich Barracks in London.
At the commencement of the First World War, he re-joined the army on 13th November 1914 aged 50 and served until 1917 as the Battery Quarter Master Sergeant at Dover Castle. He did not receive any First World War Medals having not served abroad.
His service papers survive - copies of some of the pages shown above.
The medal is in very good condition.
Worthy of more research.
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The medal is correctly named as follows:
18365 O. R. SGT. G. H. BONYNGE. R. A.
Orderly Room Sergeant George... Henry Bonynge was born on 30th December 1863 in Gibraltar.
By 1871 he was living in Brompton, Kent.
In 1876, aged 12 years and 10 months, he joined the Royal Artillery as a trumpeter and trained at Curragh Camp in Ireland.
He served with the Royal Artillery for nearly 37 years, being awarded this Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1895.
This was his only medal during his entire service.
He was married and had 9 children and lived for many years at the Woolwich Barracks in London.
At the commencement of the First World War, he re-joined the army on 13th November 1914 aged 50 and served until 1917 as the Battery Quarter Master Sergeant at Dover Castle. He did not receive any First World War Medals having not served abroad.
His service papers survive - copies of some of the pages shown above.
The medal is in very good condition.
Worthy of more research.
Please let me know if you need any additional photos or details.
Please see my other listings of British and foreign Medals and Militaria.
Thanks and kind regards
