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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 131

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (Lieut. L. N. Leeds 5th Punjab. Cavy.), toned, extremely fine

Lionel Nelson Leeds was born in 1867, a grandson of Sir J. E. Leeds, 2nd Bt. Commissioned Lieutenant in the Border Regiment in 1886, he transferred to the Indian Staff Corps in 1887, and was attached to the 5th Punjab Cavalry. A Squadron Officer from 1890, he served during the Samana campaign before being appointed Assistant Commandant and seconded as 2nd in Command of the Bhamo Battalion Burma Military Police in 1893. Returning to the 5th Punjab Cavalry in 1895, he was District Recruitment Officer for Rawalpindi, 1896. He died of heart disease later the same year (Army & Navy Gazette, 8 August 1896, refers).

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