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Auction: 5005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 191

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Nepaul (Cornet E.J. Honywood. 7th Cavy.), officially engraved, light scratch marks to obverse, nearly very fine Estimate £ 1,400-1,600 Colonel Edward John Honywood (1790-1867) born Honiton, Devon; posted Cornet 7th Native Cavalry, 1810; Lieutenant 1816, Acting Quarter Master in the same year; Adjutant 1816-19; present at the Siege and capture of Hathras, 3rd Mahratta War; Acting Instructor and Quarter Master 7th Light Cavalry, 1820; Captain 1822, served in the Governor General´s Body Guard in the same year; Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief 1823-24; Brigade Major Malwa Field Force, 1823; Brigade Major Mewar Field Force, 1824-27; Officer Commanding the Governor General´s Body Guard, 1827-1834; Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General 1835; Superintendent Mysore Princes, 1834-36; advanced Lieutenant Colonel 1837; retired 1838; Honorary Colonel 1854.

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