Orders, Decorations and Medals

A fine campaign group of five awarded to Colonel J. S. Hand, C.B., 82nd Regiment
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut., 82nd Regt.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Relief of Lucknow (Lieut., 82nd Regt.); China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Lieutt., 1st Sikh Cavy.); Abyssinia 1867-68 (Captn., 82. Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed and fitted with Crimea suspension, all medals fitted with silver ribbon buckles, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine and better (5)

Colonel John Sidney Hand served with the 82nd Regiment in the Crimea from the 2nd September, 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol (Medal with clasp, and Turkish medal). Served also in the North West Provinces in India in suppressing the mutiny in 1857-58, including the relief of Lucknow by Lord Clyde, defence of Cawnpore and defeat of the Gwalior Contingent, action of Kala Nuddee, and occupation of Futteghur; served with the Royal Artillery at the action of Khankur during the Rohilcund campaign, defence of the jail of Shahjehanpore, affairs of Mahomdee and Shahabad, and action of Bunkagaon (Medal with clasp). Served with the 1st Sikh Cavalry in command of a Squadron throughout the campaign in China in 1860, including the action of Sinho, capture of Tangku, capture of the Takoo Forts, actions at Chunkiawhan and Tongchow, destruction of the Emperor’s Palace, and surrender of Pekin (Medal with two clasps). Served throughout the Abyssinian campaign in 1868, attached to the Head Quarters staff as Director to the Highland Transport Train and was present at the storming and capture of Magdala (twice thanked by Lord Napier, mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Major, and medal). Appointed Commandant of the Deolali Depot, East Indies, till February 1869. Promoted Major in 1872 and transferred to the 44th Regiment in December of the same year. Further foreign service included Madras and Burmah in the 1870’s. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in 1876, and Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding No. 44 Regimental District, Eastern Command, at Warley, on 1 April, 1882. He was created a Companion of the Bath in 1887 and went on Half-pay. See lot 46 for the medal awarded to one of his brothers.