Orders, Decorations and Medals

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Coll. W. W. Murdoch, R.A. Staff) toned, extremely fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The collection of Medals formed by the Late Clive Nowell.

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William Walpole Murdoch joined the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant on 1 June 1856, progressing through the ranks to become Colonel in October 1886. He served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low in 1895 as Colonel on the Staff Commanding Royal Artillery (mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp).