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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 65

Three: Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel W. Finden, Indian Medical Service, Mentioned in Despatches for Services at the Battle of Kandahar, 1.9.1880
Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Kandahar (Surg-Maj: W. Finden, 2nd Goorkha); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Surgn. Major W. Finden 2nd Goorkha Regt.); India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 1887-89, Samana 1891 last clasp loose on riband, as issued (Surgn. Major W. Finden 7th Bl. Cavry.), pitting from Star, very fine (3)

Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel Woodforde Finden; appointed Assistant Surgeon, Bengal Indian Medical Service, 1866; advanced Surgeon Major, 1878, and 'served on the Staff of Sir D. Stewart during the advance on and occupation of Kandahar, 1878-79; was in medical charge of the 2nd Goorkhas during the occupation of Kabul; accompanied the Kabul-Kandahar Field Force in the march to the relief of Kandahar, and was present at the battle of Kandahar' (The Afghan Campaign of 1878-1880, S.H. Shadbolt refers); he was mentioned in Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Roberts despatch for Kandahar, 26.9.1880, London Gazette 3.12.1880; Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel 1891; retired 1896; during his service in India he was accompanied by his wife Amelia Woodforde-Finden (nee Ward); the latter was a well-known composer of American birth, who wrote and composed her two best works The Lover in Damascus and the Kashmiri Song whilst in India.

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