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Auction: 23111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 30

China 1842 (Lieut. A: A: Shaw. 2nd Madras N: I:), fitted with replacement silver suspension, very fine

Alfred Abraham Shaw was born in West Bengal in November 1820 and joined the Madras Army as an Ensign with the 16th Native Infantry in 1838. Promoted Lieutenant on 3 October 1840, he saw varied active service during the China operations (Medal) with the 2nd Madras Native Infantry, one of just four units of the Indian Army to participate.

He married Anne Frances Fawcett, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel L. Fawcett, C.B. at the British Embassy, Florence in 1847, whose father had died in a duel with his brother-in-law some years earlier, Shaw was promoted Captain on 28 June 1854 and Major on 11 February 1862. He retired to 4 St. Luke’s Villa, Beech Road, St. Helier, Jersey, and died on 1 October 1908.

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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£320