Four: Sergeant J.C. Shearer, Royal Army Medical Corps, Queen's Sudan (Pte., R.A.M.C.), second initial 'E.'; Queen's South Africa, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Cpl., R.A.M.C.); King's South Africa, two clasps (Sergt., R.A.M.C.); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (R.A.M.C., Sodan 1898), the third with crudely repaired suspension, edge bruising and heavily polished, fine or better, mounted as worn (4)

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Four: Sergeant J.C. Shearer, Royal Army Medical Corps, Queen's Sudan (Pte., R.A.M.C.), second initial 'E.'; Queen's South Africa, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Cpl., R.A.M.C.); King's South Africa, two clasps (Sergt., R.A.M.C.); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (R.A.M.C., Sodan 1898), the third with crudely repaired suspension, edge bruising and heavily polished, fine or better, mounted as worn (4)

Lot Essay

Colonel John Noble Beasley was born in March 1832 and originally entered the 1st West India Regiment as an Ensign (by purchase), aged 20 years. Immediately transferred to the 2nd W.I.R., in which he purchased a Lieutenancy, he transferred to the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) in November 1853. Stationed at Peshawur on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, Beasley latterly saw active service on the North West Frontier and was advanced to Captain in December 1860. Next posted to Gibraltar, and thence to Bermuda, he gained his Majority in July 1870 and Lieutenant-Colonelcy in June 1880. Some two years later, the Royal Irish Fusiliers proceeded, under Beasley's command, to Egypt and fought at Tel-el-Kebir. In September 1882, however, he died at Ismailia, as reported in The Times.