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Four: Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Moffatt, 19th Foot and Military Knight of Windsor
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Ensign, 19th Regt.) officially impressed naming but rubbed and weak in places, suspension pin re-fixed; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Captn., 1st Bn. H.Ms 19th Regt.); Coronation 1911, all fitted with silver ribbon brooches and contained in a damaged fitted carrying case, nearly very fine or better (4) £500-600
Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Moffatt served with the 19th Regiment during the latter part of the Crimean campaign from 8th September 1855 (Medal with clasp and Turkish medal). He served against the hill tribes of Sikkim during the close of 1860, and was twice in command of patrols engaged with the enemy. Served in the Hazara campaign in 1868, including the expedition against the tribes on the Black Mountain. He retired in December 1882 and was appointed a Military Knight of Windsor in March 1905, and died at Windsor on 20 June 1915.
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