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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 22

The India General Service Medal awarded to Major-General J. E. L. Willows, 10th Bengal Infantry

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Lieutt. J. E. L. Willows. 10th. Regt. Nat. Infy.), with top riband buckle, very fine

Jeffery Edward Lake Willows was appointed Ensign in June 1842 and joined the 10th Bengal Native Infantry and was promoted Lieutenant in March 1850. Having served with the unit in Burma (Medal & clasp), no record of his being with the unit or having service during the Indian Mutiny - when they mutinied - has been found, besides a Medical Certificate from Landour in 1857. Made Captain in July 1857 and Major in 1866, he was attached to the 2nd Gurkhas at Dehra Doon whilst the unit were present in the Looshai campaign. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1868 and Colonel in June 1873, he retired in April 1877 and was made Major-General in June 1877. Willows died at Ramsgate on 26 January 1898; sold together with copied research.

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£580

Starting price
£240