Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (1887 Pte. J. Richardson. 2d. Bn. Sea Highrs.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £120-£160

James Henry Richardson was born in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone. A labourer by occupation, he attested for the Seaforth Highlanders at Glasgow on 12 January 1886, aged 18 years, 2 months. In the 2nd Battalion he served in India from September 1889 to March 1897, and saw service with the Chitral Relief Expedition of 1895 (Medal and clasp). Awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was discharged in 1907, and died in Inverness on 13 July 1945.

Note: The recipient’s India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 and Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. were sold in these rooms in September 2013.