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Auction: 5005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 637

xA Scarce Gurkha Officer Casualty, Lieutenant Colonel A.G.B. Lang, 1st Gurkha Regiment India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Capt. A.G.B. Lang 1st. Bn. 1st. Gurkhas.), minor official correction to unit, otherwise extremely fine Estimate £ 400-450 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur George Boileau Lang, born 1861; Lieutenant 1st Battalion 1st Gurkha Regiment, 1882; Lieutenant attached Bengal Staff Corps, 1884; Captain (Wing Officer) 1st Gurkhas, 1893; severely wounded in the defence of Wana Camp (3.11.1894), during which the 1st Gurkhas faced the initial surprise attack by the Mulla´s 1500 men; British casualties totalling 45 killed and 75 wounded (Frontier and Overseas Expeditions From India Vol. II, refers); Major 2nd in Command, 1901; Lieutenant Colonel 1907; retired 1912.

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