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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 19

The scarce India General Service 1854-95 awarded to Sergeant G. Bishop, Norfolk Regiment

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin Hills 1892-93 (1869 G. Bishop, 1st Bn. Norfolk Regt.), very fine

Provenance:
Ex-Brian Ritchie Collection.

Approximately 200 ‘Chin Hills 1892-93’ clasps issued to the Norfolk Regiment, the only British regiment employed during these operations. Whilst many of these medals were issued with officially re-engraved naming, this example is correct in all respects.

George Charles Bishop was born in the Parish of Troston, near Ixworth, Suffolk, and enlisted for the Norfolk Regiment at East Dereham, Norfolk on 15 November 1886 at the age of 22, formerly a groom by trade. He arrived in India in August 1889 as a Lance-Corporal, being promoted to Corporal in February 1891, and to Sergeant in February 1892. He accompanied the Norfolk Regiment on the Chin Hills Expedition of 1892-93, the only British troops employed on this expedition. Transferred to the 1st Class Army Reserve in October 1894, Bishop was discharged after 12 years service on 21 October 1898 (WO 97/2309, refers).

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Sold for
£1,300

Starting price
£550