India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (240 Pte. T. Gilpin 1st. Bn. Suff. R.) minor edge bruise and polishing to high relief, good fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals - The Property of a Gentleman.

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Thomas Gilpin, a musician, was born in the Parish of St. George’s, London, on 27 January 1868, and joined the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, at Fort Regent on the island of Jersey on 1 February 1882. Transferred to the 1st Battalion as Boy 10 December 1883, he served in the East Indies from 10 December 1883 to 23 March 1892, and is confirmed as present during the Hazara Campaign of 1888 engaged in operations against the Swati and Yousafzai tribes of the Black Mountains on the North-West Frontier. Raised Bandsman on 2 February 1887, he served in Malta and South Africa during the Boer War, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal on 1 May 1900. Gilpin was later discharged in the rank of Lance Corporal Bandsman at Colchester on 26 January 1903, his conduct and character stated to be ‘exemplary’.

Sold with copied service record.