Lot Archive

Lot

№ 383

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12 June 1991

Hammer Price:
£440

Pair: Major General F. H. B. Marsh, Bengal Infantry.

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (Lieut., 32nd Punjab Pions); ABYSSINIA 1867-8 (Captain, 23rd Regt. N.I.), reverse centre engraved but not renamed, probably named in India. Very fine and better (2)

Major General Frank Hale Berwick Marsh served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India in 1867 and was present at the capture of Lalu and Umbeyla, where he was twice wounded (despatches). He served in the Abyssinian war and was present with the 23rd Pioneers at the battle of Arogee where the regiment suffered approximately half the casualties of the whole campaign in Abyssinia.