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Punjab Medal Mooltan/Goojerat CORPL. G. MITCHELL. 1ST BN 60TH R. RIFLES. SOLD
George Mitchell was born in Aberdeen and enlisted 25 October 1838, aged 21. Served in Mauritius, Scinde, Punjab. Discharged 1 November 1858. "Present at the siege and capture of Mooltan 22 Dec. 1848 to 22nd Jan. 1849; served in the campaign in the Punjab 1849, including the battle of Goojerat; the surrender of Rajah Sher Sing and the Sikh army, the occupation of Attock. Engaged on active service in the rebellion in India in 1857, in dispersing the insurgent villagers in the Meerut District". Received the Indian Mutiny Medal without clasp. Admitted to the Royal Hospital Chelsea as an In-Pensioner 1 November 1881. He died 25 August 1896. (JW)
Sutlej Medal Sobraon reverse WM KNIGHT 9TH LANCERS
Punjab Medal Chilianwala/Goojerat WM KNIGHT 9TH LANCERS
William
Knight was from Tunbridge Wells, Kent and enlisted into the 12th
Lancers in July 1838. Served in the Gwalior Campaign at the Battle of
Punniar (entitled to the Star); then at Sobraon during the Sutlej War.
He was present at the passage of the Chenab and the Battles of
Chilianwal and Goojerat during the Punjab War. Discharged at Chatham in
September 1852, aged 34. In 1871 he was working as a plasterer and
lived in Windsor, Berkshire. He died there in 1878. (PS)
£1600
Arthur Burnand was born in Worthing in 1835. Appointed Cornet 17th Lancers in September 1854. Lieutenant December 1854. Served in the Crimea, medical leave to England 6 September 1855. Medal and clasp confirmed on roll. Captain and to 16th Light Dragoons February 1858. He died at home in Hove 11 December 1911. Obituary mistakenly reports that he had three clasps but this is not correct to roll. A painting of him on ancestry shows single clasp. A named Turkish Crimea Medal was sold at DNW in March 2010.
Turkish Crimea Medal (British issue)
John Collins was born in Tipperary and enlisted March 1846, aged 20, 34th Foot (Cumberland). Served in the West Indies, Corfu, Crimea and East Indies (including during the Mutiny). Entitled to the Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp for Lucknow. Discharged as unfit for further service, April 1861. His conduct as been "bad". "Disability attributable to his long military service in the East and West Indies, Mediterranean & Crimea, where he was severely wounded in the right arm..." but cannot trace on casualty roll.
1st Battalion West India Regiment. Medal and clasps confirmed on roll. The 1892 claps was for the expedition against the Tambi and Toniataba people in Sierra Leone. The 1893-94 clasp covered more actions in Sierra Leone and Gambia.
Private John Grace
6th Foot
John Grace enlisted in the 51st Regiment in 1858 but transferred to the 6th Regiment soon after. Served in the Indian Mutiny, medal confirmed on roll. He was awarded the I.G.S. Medal for service in the Hazara Expedition. He was discharged February 1879, after just over 20 years service.
Michael Dowling was born in Queen's County, Ireland and enlisted January 1847, aged 23. Discharged 1868, received the Army Long Service Good Conduct Medal. Medal confirmed on roll. (JW)
Private William Howe
Rifle Brigade
William Howe. Medal and clasp confirmed on roll.
India General Service Medal Burma 1885-7 810 Pte. J. Walford. 2nd Bn R.W. Fus. £200
John Walford was born in London and
enlisted October 1884, aged 24. Served in India and Burma December 1885
to February 1892. Medal confirmed on roll. Discharged October 1896. (JW)
Charles Ings was born in Ringwood, Hampshire and enlisted March 1883, aged 19. Served in Malta and India. Transferred to the Reserve November 1890 and discharged March 1895. Medal and clasps confirmed on roll. (JW)
PrivateT. Evans
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Afghanistan
Medal Kandahar/Ahmed Khel 746 PTE. T. EVANS. 2/60TH
FOOT. £320
Thomas
Evans was born 1841 and enlisted into the 2nd Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1860. A year later he was serving in
China and by 1871 was a Sergeant serving in India. However, by 1879
he was back to Private. Discharged March 1882. Clasps confirmed on
roll. Discharge sheet shows entitlement to the Kabul to Kandahar
Star.
(JW)
Corporal Charles O'Connell
Manchester Regiment
Medal confirmed on roll. Charles Michael O'Connell was born in Manchester and enlisted 1887, aged 18. Served in India 1889 to 1895. Discharged 1899. Re-called May 1899. Entitled to Queen's South Africa Medal with 3 clasps. Discharged August 1903. Medal roll and service record does not state drummer. Naming obviously altered at some time. (AF)
William Bennett was born in Manchester and enlisted July 1892, aged 21. Served in India 1894 to 1901. Discharged December 1901. Medal and clasp confirmed on roll. (JW)
L/Corporal Henry Harrison
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Private David Muir
Cameron Highlanders
Gunner John Edgecumbe
Royal Field Artillery
British War Medal 78116 GNR. J. EDGECUMBE. R.A.
Victory Medal 78116 GNR. J. EDGECUMBE. R.A.
John Edgcumbe was from Hull and enlisted 24 June 1914. Went to France 16 August 1914. Gunshot wound right thigh at Soissons 15 September 1914. He was left with one leg 3 inches shorter. Discharged 25 February 1916 and unfit for service. Oddly no trace of a Silver War Badge being issued. He died in Hull in 1957. He is entitled to the clasp on the star, but it is a copy clasp.
Group of three: £120
British War Medal 17894 B.Q.M.SJT. A.E. ASHMENT. R.A.
Victory Medal 17894 B.Q.M.SJT. A.E. ASHMENT. R.A.
Defence Medal
Alfred Edward Ashment was born in 1886. To France 21 December 1914 with the Royal Field Artillery. His pair is issued from the Royal Horse Artillery roll. He married in Cranleigh in 1926 and was a "common ranger". In 1939 he was living in Cranleigh and was an Air Raid Warden. He died in Cranleigh in March 1954.
Group of Four: £75
Sergeant R. Alexander
Victory Medal 143360 A-CPL. R. ALEXANDER. R.E.
India General Service Medal Afghanistan NWF 1919 143360 SGT. R. ALEXANDER. 2 Q.V.O. S & M.
2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners, Indian Army.
Group of three: £120
Gunner William Read
Royal Field Artillery
Victory Medal 123369 GNR. W. READ. R.F.A.
India General Service Medal Aghanistan NWF 1919 123369 GNR. W. READ. R.A.
William Read was from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey and enlisted March 1916, aged 24. Served in France from June 1916. Posted to India August 1917. Served in the Afghan War attached to HQ 7 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Discharged February 1920.
Group of three: £120
Badge presented to Private James Jeffrey. Served with the 10th Royal Engineers Labour Battalion (made up of older men) in France from 20 October 1915 (entitled to trio). The RE Labour Battalions were later transferred to the Labour Corps. He was discharged due to sickness, 4 March 1918, aged 48. Pension card address Lower Farm, Woodditton, near Newmarket, Cambs.
Private T. Sweetman
King's Regiment
Thomas Sweetman served with 2nd Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment. He is also entitled to a British War Medal.