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Originally Posted by spiral
Intresting problem Gene, It may be possible that he went on to another Regiment & is listed under that Regiment. He may also have become an Officer or Reserve Officer in subsequant Regiment.
Have you tried the DCLI museam or Archivist? They might help?
Good luck!
Spiral
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Hi Jonathan
I have emailed the regimental museum (no answer yet). I can't seem to get anywhere on the national archives website. Even just entering 'osborne' and DCLI or duke of cornwalls light infantry with a date reange up to 1917 isn't bringing up any results. So either I'm doing something wrong (which is possible) or the record is gone?
A kind fellow collector (thank you Mark) has provided this information on a medal group, which he thinks is almost certainly the same chap:
"Warrant Officer E. Osborne, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Egypt, undated, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Corp: 2/D of Corn: L.I.); I.G.S., 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1889-92 (... E. Osborne 1st Bn D.C.L. Infy); British War Medal (W.O. Cl 2); Army Long Service and G.C., E.VII.R. (C. Sjt.); Khedive's Star, 1884-6, contact marks to first and second medals, others very fine and better (8)"
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/l...jectID=2945215
To be honest, military stuff (especially this late) is usually of no interest to me, so I have such little experience that I am unfamiliar with and have to decipher even the military abbreviations.
This caught my eye because of it's ethographic and quirky nature.
Hopefully it is the chap whose medals are recorded above and I'm just 'searching wrong' on the archives site?
BTW, here is what the item looks like. It seems like an affectionate and humerous item. I wonder if he was known as a bit of an elephant, and he liked tea?
