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Auction: 13003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 46

Pair: Major D. Thompson, Bengal Artillery
Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (2nd Lieut. D. Thompson. 4th. Cy. 6th. Battn. Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Delhi (2nd. Captn. D. Thompson, 2nd. Compy. 4th. Batt. Arty.), light contact marks, good very fine (2)

Major David Thompson, born Calcutta, India, September 1826; educated at Perth Academy; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Bengal Artillery, June 1846, and served during the Second Sikh War under Sir Henry Wheeler; promoted Lieutenant, March 1853; served during the Indian Mutiny in operations before Delhi and the capture of that city, September 1857; promoted Second Captain, August 1858; Captain, March 1865; retired with the rank of Major, April 1869; died April 1899.

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