Four: Private J. Marshall, Royal Fusiliers, Late Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, Queen's South Africa, two clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1321 Pte., Thorneycroft's M.I.); 1914-15 Star (12859 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-12859 Pte., R. Fus.), the first with one or two edge bruises and polished, generally very fine (4)

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Four: Private J. Marshall, Royal Fusiliers, Late Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, Queen's South Africa, two clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1321 Pte., Thorneycroft's M.I.); 1914-15 Star (12859 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-12859 Pte., R. Fus.), the first with one or two edge bruises and polished, generally very fine (4)

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Private J. Marshall died of wounds in East Africa on 4.8.1917, while serving in the 25th (Legion of Frontiersmen) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, the Battalion in which the legendary F.C. Selous served, who was also killed in action in East Africa.