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Auction: 5012 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 332

Pair: Major J. S. Frith, Bengal Horse Artillery Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Lieut. J. S. Frith, 3rd Tp. 1st Bde. H. Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (1st Lieut. J.S. Frith, Bengal H. Arty. 1st Bde.), contact marks, very fine (2) Estimate £ 800-900Major John Sabatier Frith; Second Lieutenant Bengal Horse Artillery 1845; served with Brigadier Wheeler´s Force in the Punjab 1848-49; Lieutenant 1849; Captain 1858 (Brevet Major); served as Brigade Major of Artillery during the Mutiny (1857-58) and was present at the actions of Hindun, siege and capture of Delhi (notice of service mentioned by Major H. Tombs, Horse Artillery, Commanding Column, Camp before Delhi 18.6.1857; and similarly mentioned by Major F. Gaitskell, Officer Commanding the Artillery Brigade, Field Force Delhi, 19.9.1857), siege and capture of Lucknow (Mentioned in Major General Outram´s Despatches for Lucknow; similarly mentioned by Major General Sir A. Wilson, Commanding Artillery Division during operations at Lucknow; notice of service mentioned by Brigadier D. Wood, Commander of Field Artillery during the Siege of Lucknow); Aide-de-Camp on the Governor of Bombay´s (Sir R. Temple) Personal Staff, 1877.

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