Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal J. Dawson, 98th Regiment of Foot, later 81st Regiment of Foot

Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (John Dawson, 98th. Foot.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (2585, J. Dawson H.M.s. 98th. Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (3221 Corpl. J. Dawson. H.M.s. 81st. Regt.) contact marks, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (3) £500-£700

John Dawson was born in Corby, near Bourn, Lincolnshire, and attested for the 98th Regiment of Foot at Wisbeach on 31 May 1845. Serving with the Regiment in India, he was promoted Corporal on 1 April 1850, before transferring to the 81st Regiment of Foot on 1 February 1855. He was finally discharged on 1 May 1866, after 20 years and 335 days’ service, of which 18 years and 201 days had been spent soldiering in India. He died in Colne, Lancashire, on 14 April 1899, aged 73.

Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, and death certificate.