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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, three clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (2683 Pte. C.J. Waddington, 2nd Bn. Manch. R.), minor official correction to number, one or two edge bruises, otherwise extremely fine and a unique award to the Manchesters

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, three clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (2683 Pte. C.J. Waddington, 2nd Bn. Manch. R.), minor official correction to number, one or two edge bruises, otherwise extremely fine and a unique award to the Manchesters
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Lot Essay

Private Charles James William Waddington was born at Sandhurst in 1865 and enlisted in the Manchester Regiment as a Boy Recruit in December 1880, aged 15 years. Subsequently embarked for the East Indies, he went to earn three clasps unique to his Regiment while attached to the Telegraph Department, his respective dates of entry into these Theatres of War being June 1886, July 1887 and November 1889.