India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (265 Lance Corporal W. Forrest 1st. Bn. York. L.I.) officially re-engraved (see footnote), nearly very fine £80-£100

William Forrest was born in Leeds in 1863 and attested for General Service at Barnsley on 4 August 1882. Posted to the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, he served with the 1st Battalion in India and Burma from 19 September 1883 to 20 December 1887, before returning home, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 25 March 1888. He was convicted by the Civil Powers of felony on 1 August 1891, with his service terminated as a result, and his India General Service Medal forfeited. Presumably his medal was restored to him under a later amnesty; given the fact that the medal in this lot is officially re-named, and the rank, unusually, is given in full, it is safe to assume that the medal in this lot is the one that was restored to him.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.