Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (2683 Gr. J. Hamilton 9 M.B. R.A.) good very fine £200-£240

John Hamilton was bon in Coalbridge, Lanarkshire, in 1870 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Glasgow on 13 February 1894. He served with the 9th Mountain Battery in India from 23 November 1894 to 10 April 1901, and saw active service on the North West Frontier in 1897-98 - the Battery was involved in a number of actions and skirmishes during the Punjab Frontier campaign, that included the action at the Uban Pass in August 1897, the action at Dargai on 20 October 1897, and the advance up the Khanki Valley and the Capture of the Arhanga Pass on 31 October.

Hamilton transferred to the Reserve on 1 April 1902, and was discharged on 12 February 1906, after 12 years’ service.

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