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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 438

x The K.C.B. Group of Four to Major-General Sir H.M. Bengough, 77th Foot, Who Commanded the 2nd Battalion Natal Native Contingent at the Battle of Ulundi, 1879, and was Mentioned in Despatches for the Third Burma War a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Knight Commander´s (K.C.B.) set of Insignia, neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold retaining pin b) Jubilee 1897, silver c) South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (Maj: H.M. Bengough. 2nd. Bn. Nat: N. Contt.) d) India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Colonel H.M. Bengough. C.B.), minor contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn, with a miniature gold C.B., and the following related letters &c.: - War Office letter to the recipient informing him of the award of an annuity of £100 per annum, for Distinguished and Meritorious Service, dated 31.10.1896, and signed ´Wolseley´ - Central Chancery letter to the recipient informing him of the award of the K.C.B., dated 14.8.1908, and signed ´Douglas Dawson´ - Two Central Chancery letters to the recipient regarding his absence from the K.C.B. Investiture, dated 2.7 and 4.7.1908 respectively, and both signed ´Douglas Dawson´ - Two copies of the recipient´s typed Record of Service - Portrait photograph of the recipient (5) Estimate £ 3,000-3,400 K.C.B. London Gazette 26.6.1908 Major-General Harcourt Mortimer Bengough, C.B. (Retired). C.B. London Gazette 26.11.1886 Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Harcourt Mortimer Bengough, on Half-Pay List, Assistant Adjutant-General, Madras. Major-General Sir Hugh Mortimer Bengough, K.C.B., born November 1837; educated at Rugby; Commissioned Ensign, 77th (Duke of Cambridge´s Own) Regiment of Foot, March 1855; promoted Lieutenant, October 1855; served with the Regiment in India from 1859; Captain, December 1864; appointed Persian Interpreter and extra Aide-de-Camp to H.E. The Viceroy of India; Brevet Major, October 1877; served in South Africa in Command of 2nd Battalion, Natal Native Contingent during the Zulu War, and was present at the Battle of Ulundi, 3.7.1879 (Mentioned in Despatches, and Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel); promoted Colonel, November 1883; served during the Third Burma War 1885-7 as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General (Mentioned in Lieutenant-General Sir H.N.D. Prendergast´s Despatch, 26.3.1886, as ´an officer remarkable for energy, tact, zeal, and knowledge of military affairs´ (London Gazette 22.6.1886), and appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath); appointed Brigadier-General Commanding Nagpore District, 1886; Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, 1888; Bangalore Division, 1889; promoted Major-General, February 1894, commanding troops in Jamaica, 1893-94, and the 1st Infantry Brigade, Aldershot, 1894-97; retired 1899. Major-General Bengough was advanced Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1908, and died at home in Gloucester in March 1922. For the Queen´s South Africa Medal to Captain D.H.V. Bengough see Lot 607; and for the Great War Medals to Miss I.V. Bengough see Lot 484.

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