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VICTORIAN 1890 4TH SHROPS. L.I. REGIMENTAL RIFLE MATCH MEDAL TO MAJOR C. DOUGHTY

Hallmarked silver (Birmingham 1890) pierced crest shooting medal engraved 'Army Inter-Regimental Rifle Matches 1890' and 'Major C. Doughty 64 Ponts 4th Shropshire L.I.' to reverse.
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Chester Doughty was born in Suffolk in 1838 and commissioned with the Shropshire Light Infantry in Nov 1855, serving in Cape Colony and Mauritius, transferring as Captain with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in Aug 1867, joining the Hereford Militia as Adjutant in 1868 until retiring as Major of the 4th K.S.L.I. in 1893, dying in Martlesham, Suffolk in 1908.