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Auction: 22002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 61

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Whish, 16th Bengal Native Infantry and Bengal Staff Corps

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Capt. J. T. Whish. 16th Ben. N.I.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Major J. T. Whish 16th Bengal Infy.), good very fine (2)

John Tulloch Whish was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant into the 103rd Foot in March 1861 and was advanced Lieutenant on 30 July 1862 and Captain on 12 March 1873. He served with the 16th Native Infantry during the Afghanistan operations and was Provost-Marshal at Ali Musjid from 16 March-26 May 1880 and Commanded Fort Jammud from 27 May-15 September 1880. Promoted Major on 12 March 1881, he saw further service in Burma and was made Lieutenant-Colonel on 12 March 1887, being retired on 29 March 1889. He died on 16 May 1910.

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£550

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£320