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Auction: 22075 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 38

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (Lt. A. C. Hickley 40th Bl. Infy.), edge bruise, very fine

Alfred Charles Hickley appears in The Kukri, No. 60, December 2008:

'Lucy married Lieutenant Alfred Charles Hickley who joined the 3rd Gurkhas in 1887 and saw action in the Hazara expedition of 1888, in Manipur in 1891, the Tirah campaign of 1897-98 and Waziristan 1901. Later he commanded the 1st Battalion at Almora during its recruiting and reinforcing role in World War 1. Released from these duties, he took the Battalion to the Frontier in 1916 and handed over command in 1917 to Lieutenant Colonel J G Edwardes. Colonel Hickley served for 29 years almost entirely with the 1st Battalion.'

Purchased in Tunbridge Wells, for 6/6.

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£320