Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Bugler Jas. Willis. 2nd. Bn. Rifle Bde.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £240-£280

James Willis was born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Portsmouth on 23 March 1855. Appointed a Bugler in the 2nd Battalion on 29 September 1855, he was discharged, unfit for further service, on 29 October 1867, after 12 years and 221 days’ service, of which 9 years and 9 months were spent soldiering in India.

Sold with copied record of service.