Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Surgn. W. A. Corkery, I.M.S.) second clasp loose, together with related miniature with first clasp only, the two in a fitted case, nearly extremely fine (2) £200-250

William Alfred Corkery was born on 7 June 1855. He gained the L.R.C.P. (Edinburgh) and L.F.P.S.G. in 1881. Appointed Surgeon in the Indian Army in April 1881, Surgeon-Major in April 1893, Lieutenant-Colonel in April 1901 and Colonel in January 1909. He retired on 25 August 1912 and died in Eastbourne on 10 May 1914. First clasp confirmed.