Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain W. Durham, Commissariat Department, late 23rd Punjab Infantry

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (5615 Sergt. W. Durham 1st. Co. 2nd. Bn. Bengal Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Sgt. Major W. Durham, 23rd. Punjab Infy.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Condr. W. Durham, Comst. Dept.) clasp facing slightly bent on first, edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (3) £500-£700

William Durham was born in 1829, and served as a Sergeant in the 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, Bengal Artillery in the North West Frontier 1850s Expeditions. Soon after promoted to Sergeant Major, he transferred to the 23rd Punjab Infantry and served in the Indian Mutiny. Appointed a Conductor in the Commissariat Department, Bengal Army, in 1870, he served in this capacity in the Second Afghanistan Campaign in the Commissariat Department, and was promoted Deputy Assistant-Commissary in the Bengal Establishment, with the rank of Lieutenant , on 20 May 1881. He retired with the honorary rank of Captain, and died in Meerut on 7 June 1890.