Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (114 I Brocklehurst H.Ms. 101st. Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £140-£180

Isaac Brocklehurst was born at Hyde, Lancashire, around 1840, and attested for the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) at Bolton in 1859. According to a copy of entry in the Admittance Book as an out-patient of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Brocklehurst served for over nine years in India, commencing with training at the Honourable East India Company depot, followed by a posting to the 5th Battalion, European Infantry, on 18 December 1859. He arrived at a time of serious unrest in the Battalion over the proposal to transfer troops en-block to Crown control. Many mutinous troops objected that they were not property that could be transferred without consent and were prepared to use force if necessary. The situation proved a serious headache for the British authorities and was only put down with the execution of the ringleader and incarceration of his supporters.

Transferred to Malta, Cyprus, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Brocklehurst was finally discharged on 1 June 1880, his intended place of residence noted as Manchester.