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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 13

A Fine ´Maiwand´ D.C.M. Group of four to Driver J. Bishop, "E" Battery "B" Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3426. Driv: J. Bishop. R.H.A.) b) Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Kandahar (3426. Driv: J. Bishop. E. Batt: B. Bde. R.H.A.) c) India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 1889-92, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (Sergt. J. Bishop Comt. Dept.) d) Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (Sergt. J. Bishop Comt. Transpt. Dept.), last locally impressed, as issued from India, light contact marks throughout, therefore very fine or better Estimate £ 10,000-12,000 D.C.M. Recommendation submitted to the Queen 1.2.1881, award approved 5.3.1881: ´For conspicuously gallant conduct during the action at Maiwand and subsequent retreat to Kandahar on 27th and 28th July last.´ For services in Afghanistan ´E´ Battery R.H.A. received the special thanks of the Viceroy and Commander-in-Chief in General Orders, ´and the following officers, non-commissioned officers, and men were decorated: Captain Slade, with a Companionship of the Bath; Sergeant Mulane and Gunner Collis, with the Victoria Cross; Sergeant-Major Paton, Quartermaster-Sergeant Munroe, Sergeant Burridge, Corporal Thorogood, Bombadier Payne, Gunner Tighe, Driver Bishop, and Trumpeter Jones, with the medal for distinguished conduct in the field´ (WO 100/54; WO 146/1; and The Afghan Campaign of 1878-1880, Shadbolt, refers). Provenance: Brian Ritchie Collection, September 2004

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