Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1842 (F. A. Reid, Captain, 6th Madras Nat. Infantry.) original suspension, very fine £1,000-£1,400

C.B. London Gazette 24 December 1842, for services in China.

Francis Archibal Reid entered the Madras Army in 1819; Lieutenant, 6th Madras Native Infantry, 12 August 1820; Captain, 17 November 1834; Major in the Army, 23 December 1842; Major in 6th N.I., 8 August 1845; Lieutenant-Colonel, 22 August 1853 to 21 April 1859; Quarter Master General of the Madras Army, 13 October 1849 to 10 October 1861; Colonel of the 44th Native Infantry 1860 to death. Major-General F. A. Reid, C.B. died at Phoineas House, Beauly, Invernesshire on 10 November 1862, aged 58.