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Auction: 23002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 37

Four: Corporal R. Braybrook, Rifle Brigade

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, (Pte R Braybrook 1st Bn Rifle Bde) contemporarily engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Rd. Braybrook. 3rd Bn Rifle Bde); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (1519 Corpl F. Braybrook. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde); Turkish Crimea 1855, British die, fitted with replacement suspension very fine (4)

Richard Braybrook is confirmed as serving with the 1st Rifle Brigade as No. 4937, landing in the Crimea on 17 June 1955 and at Scutari on 24 June 1857. Later present in India during the Mutiny where he was confirmed as being involved in the operations against Lucknow between 2-16 March- now with the No. 1519. In action again for the action against the Mohmands for which the North West Frontier clasp was issued, he had in the intervening period been promoted Corporal.

A total of 27 officers and 691 Men were involved in the Expedition against the Mohmands between 5 December 1863-2 January 1864.

About 11 o'clock on the morning of 2nd January the Mohmands prepared for battle. They emerged from the hills in a menacing crescent of infantry supported by about forty horseman. Colonel Macdonnell watched them carefully through his glasses and quietly hoped they would advance even further from the protection of the hills. To tempt them he sent out one company of his own Rifle Brigade and one company of Sirmoor Rifles to occupy a position to his front. These troops opened fire. The manoeuvre was successful in that the right flank of the enemy began to close in on the centre. As soon as this happened the 7th Hussars who had trotted out to the left charged into this right flank and at the same time the guns of the Royal Horse Artillery opened fire. Three times the Hussars charged, reformed then charged again and, as had happened before, the tribesmen who were so brave in the hills, wilted under the whirling cavalry sabres, broke and fled. Major A.A. Munro the Deputy Commissioner estimated their casualties to be 120. The British loss was two killed and seventeen wounded, ten of whom were in the 7th Hussars. The detachment of 4th Sikhs under Lieutenant B. E. Gowan had come under matchlock fire but had suffered no casualties.

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Estimate
£1,200 to £1,500

Starting price
£1100