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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 64

Three: Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel W.A. Simmonds, Indian Medical Service
Afghanistan 1878-80, two clasps, Charasia, Kabul (Surgn. W.A. Simmonds, 5th Punjab Infy.); India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Surgn. W.A. Simmonds 12th Ben: Cavalry); India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., three clasps, Tirah 1897-98, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Relief of Chitral (Surgn Ltn. Col. W.A. Simmonds I.M.S.), contact marks overall, very fine (3)

Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel William Allason Simmonds (1850-1940); appointed Surgeon, Bengal Indian Medical Service, 1875; served 'in medical charge of Swinley's Mountain Battery at Thal till December, 1878, and of the 5th Punjab Infantry from 15 December, 1878, till the return of the regiment to Peshawar in September, 1880, being present at the action of Charasiab, and the operations round Kabul and defence of Sherpur in December, 1879. Acted as Superintendent of Field Telegraphy to Brigadier-General H. Gough on the retirement from the Shutargarden' (The Afghan Campaign of 1878-80, S.H. Shadbolt refers); Surgeon Major 1887; Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel 1895; retired 9.8.1901.

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