PRE WW1 BRITISH ARMY AFGHANISTAN MEDAL PEIWAR KOTAL 2202 WOOD 8TH FOOT (KING’S LIVERPOOL)

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Offered is an Afghanistan Medal (1878 – 80), 1 clasp PEIWAR KOTAL, period engraved 2202 P^TE J WOOD 2/8^TH REG^T Comes with copies Chelsea Pensioner records.

Private James Wood, enlisted with the 2^nd Battalion 8^th Foot, (The Kings) on the 20/9/1872. The Battalion at the time was stationed in Malta until 1877 when it was posted to India. On the outbreak of the 2^nd Afghan war 1878 – 80, the Battalion was part of the Kurram Field Force and fought at the battle of Peiwar Kotal, November 1878. He discharged on the 15/2/1886.