Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (299. H. Maxwell. H.Ms. 71st. Regt.) polished, nearly very fine £140-£180

Hugh Maxwell was born in Kirkintilloch, Dumbarton, around 1834, and attested for the 71st Regiment of Foot (The Highland Light Infantry) at Stirling on 17 June 1858. A habitual offender, he was tried and imprisoned for disgraceful conduct on 18 October 1858, and later deserted on 27 September 1865. Maxwell served overseas in the East Indies, Gibraltar, and lastly, on the island of Malta; it was here that he was discharged in consequence of lung problems in 1874.