Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Wm, King. 1st. Bn. 13th. Lt. Infy.) suspension post replaced in brass, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £140-£180

William King, a Labourer from Bath, was born around 1837. He attested into the Somerset Militia in 1854, and in January 1856 attested into the 13th (Somerset) Light Infantry. He served in India during the Mutiny and was appointed Corporal in January 1860. After re-engaging for further service in 1864, he was discharged in 1872 as unfit for further service, due to an ulceration of the cornea of his left eye. He died in Bath in 1874.

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