Orders, Decorations and Medals

Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Lieutt. F. W. Cornish, 3rd Compy. 2nd Battn. Bengal Arty.) engraved in contemporary running script, with replacement silver-gilt straight bar suspension, toned, extremely fine £1000-1200

Frederick William Cornish was born in 1810, the son of Charles Cornish, a Surgeon on the Bengal Establishment. He was baptised at Staverton, Devon on 29 October 1810. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in December 1827, he arrived in India on 10 June 1828. With the 2nd Troop 3rd Brigade Horse Artillery from 1830. Promoted to Lieutenant in July 1835. Served as Assistant to the A.G.G. Saugor and Narbada Territories, September 1835. In the First Afghan War served as Lieutenant in the 3rd Company 2nd Battalion Foot Artillery. Promoted to Captain in July 1845. Captain Cornish died at sea, off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony, aboard the Sutlej, 20 May 1851.

With portrait miniature on ivory, approx. 43 x 34mm and with copied service details.