Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92, second clasp unofficially affixed owing to first clasp lacking lugs (Lieutt. B. M. Kempson 17th. Bl. Infy.); together with a related miniature award, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-9 [sic], both housed in a fitted velvet-lined leather case, nearly extremely fine £300-£400

Benjamin May Kempson was born on 26 February 1868 and was commissioned from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, a Lieutenant in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 25 August 1886. Transferring to he Indian Army, he was appointed to the 17th Bengal Infantry on 1 July 1888 and served with them during the Third Anglo-Burmese War, before joining the Bengal Staff Corps in 1890. He died at Nowgang on 31 October 1891.