Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private H. Fulcher, 9th Lancers

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1414. Pte. H. Fulcher. 9th. Lancers.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1414 Private H. Fulcher 9th Lancers) polishing and light contact marks to first, nearly very fine and better (2) £500-£700

H. Fulcher is confirmed on the roll as entitled to the Afghanistan Medal with clasp Kandahar for service during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Serving as part of General Gough’s cavalry brigade, the regiment marched through the Khyber Pass in March 1879 and witnessed extensive action at the Battles of Charasia and Killa Kazi in December 1879. At the latter engagement, the commanding officer of the regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Cleland, was killed leading a charge, his heroic endeavours thwarted by overwhelming numbers of the enemy and terraced ground which impeded the cavalry. The men later undertook a long march under the command of Lieutenant Henry Bushman which led to the relief of Kandahar and defeat of Ayub Khan in September 1880.