Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Colonel H. F. Blair, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (Lieut. H. F. Blair, Royal Engrs.); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Lieut. Col. H. F. Blair, R.E.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £400-500

Henry Francis Blair entered Addiscombe in August 1854 and was subsequently commissioned in the Bengal Engineers. He arrived in India during the last days of the Indian Mutiny in 1858. He served with the Eusofzai Field Force in 1863, and was present in the action at the Umbeyla Pass. He served also with the column against the Gaddoon tribe in 1864, including the burning of Sittana (mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp). He served in the Afghan war of 1878-80, and was present at the capture of Ali Musjid (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel).