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Auction: 22133 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 15

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (3981 Pte J. West 4th Bn Rif. Brig.), suspension loose overall good very fine

John West was born in 1857, at Boylstone Derbyshire and enlisted with the Rifle Brigade on 15 October 1879. Posted first to the 1st Battalion on 30 December 1879 until 3rd Battalion on 30 August 1880. Embarking for India on 27 September 1881 aboard the Jumna with the 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. West served here until 5 December 1888 when he was posted to Burma for service against the Burmese resistance movements causing unrest throughout the country. His character at this time was noted as ‘very good’, despite the difficulties of the climate which saw him hospitalised on more than one occasion for ‘debility’ and ‘ague'. It is notable that on one occasion the hospital he attended was at Mandalay, suggesting that he was posted in the north of the country. Returning to India upon the end of the conflict on 21 October 1889 West served a further two years in the country with the 3rd Battalion, before travelling home on 22 February 1892. He was demobilised on 19 April 1892; sold together with copied service records and medal rolls.

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Estimate
£160 to £200

Starting price
£160