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Auction: 23113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 72

(x) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Corpl. P. Dean. 1st Bde. Bengal H. Art.), good very fine

Medal appears entirely as issued.

Tavender's Casualty Roll shows a Gunner Patrick Dean was wounded while serving as a member of the 1st Brigade, 1st Troop Bengal Horse Arty at Delhi on 14 September 1857, although Patrick Dean does not appear on the relevant medal roll for this unit held at the British Library.

The 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery were nicknamed ‘The Red Men’ by the Afghan population on account of the great red horsehair mane which hung from their brass mounted helmets.

Reformed at Meerut in February 1842 following defeat in the First Afghan War, the Bengal Horse Artillery were at Jullundur as part of the Sirhind Division at the start of the Mutiny. They were involved in the early operations in the Punjab from May to September 1857, the disarming of the mutineers at Jullundur, the Siege of Delhi, the actions at Nagafghur, Bulandshahr and Agra, the Second Relief of Lucknow, the Defence of Alambagh and the Second Battle of Cawnpore. Furthermore, the Bengal Horse Artillery assisted with the pursuit of the mutineers and action at Seri Ghat, the action at Shamshabad, the Siege of Lucknow, the action at Kursi, and the capture of the fort of Omeriah on 3 December 1858.

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Sold for
£500

Starting price
£320