Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Bugler Jas. Willis, 2nd Bn. Rifle Bde.) suspension claw loose, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £360-420

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Musicians formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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Provenance: DNW, December 2002.

James Willis was born at Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, and enlisted into the Hertfordshire Regiment of Militia on 28 December 1854. He attested for the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade at Portsmouth on 23 March 1855, and was appointed a Bugler on 29 September of that year. He was discharged as unfit for further service on 29 October 1867 after 12 years and 221 days’ service, of which 9 years and 9 months were spent in India. His son, Bugle Major T. J. Willis, also served in the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade (see Lot ***)