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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 76

Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (1st Lieutt. ... H. Heath, 1st Coy. 1st Battn. Arty.), officially engraved, contact marks, therefore good fine

Major-General Alfred Hales Heath, commissioned Second Lieutenant, Bengal Artillery, 1844; served with the regiment during the Punjab campaign, including at the battles of Sadoolapore, Chilianwala and Goojerat; advance Second Captain, 1858; served during the Indian Mutiny 1857-58, including at the Siege of Delhi (entitled medal and clasp), where he was mentioned in despatches with 'especial approbation and thanks for zeal, ability, and coolness in situations of great danger'; Major 1872; Colonel 1877; retired Major-General 1878.

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