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Auction: 6007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 457

A Fine Campaign Group of Four to Brigadier-General A. Cadell, 38th Bengal Infantry, Late 26th Punjab Infantry India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Chin-Lushai 1889-90, Waziristan 1894-5 (Lieutt. A. Cadell 38th Bl. Infy); Queen´s Sudan 1896-98 (Capt. A. Cadell. 26th/Pun: Inf:), suspension claw re-affixed; India General Service 1895-1902, one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Brevet Major A. Cadell. 38th Bl. Infy.); Khedive´s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (Captain A. Cadell. 38th Bl. Infy.), minor edge bruising, therefore very fine or better (4) Estimate £ 1,000-1,200Brigadier-General Alexander Cadell, born 1867; Lieutenant 38th Bengal Infantry, 1885; Captain 1896; served with the Indian Contingent at Suakin during the Dongola Expedition under Sir H. Kitchener 1896 (Brevet Major); served in the campaign of the North West Frontier of India under Sir W. Lockhart (1897-98) with the Malakand Field Force, including the night attack at Markhanai, the operations against the Mamunds and the engagements at Agrah and Gut (Mentioned in Despatches 22.4.1898); Lieutenant-Colonel and Commandant 38th Dogras, 1910; Colonel 1.1.1914; Deputy Adjutant-General in India, Headquarters Staff, from 1.3.1915; Brigadier-General 27.12.1916; served during the Great War in operations in Mesopotamia, February-August 1917; General Officer Commanding 41st Infantry Brigade (M.I.D. London Gazette 28.7.1919); retired 21.1.1921.

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