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Auction: 16002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 76

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Lieut. Wilbraham Milman, Rl. H. Art.), suspension claw loose, minor edge bruise, good very fine

Captain Wilbraham Digby Milman, born 1834, the seventh son of Lieutenant-General Francis Milman, Coldstream Guards; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, December 1852; promoted Lieutenant, February 1854; served during the Indian Mutiny with the 6/13th Royal Artillery and 'E' Troop, Royal Horse Artillery; took part in the Relief of Lucknow, as part of the 2nd Relief Force (slightly wounded in the operations before Lucknow, 16.11.1857); the battle of Cawnpore, 6.12.1857; the action of Serai Ghat, 9.12.1857, where he commanded the Battery and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 29.1.1858); the actions at Chanda, Sultanpore, and Barree; and the final siege and capture Lucknow, March 1858; promoted Captain, April 1860; died Calcutta, 1860.

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