A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments

Pair: Private D. Connors, 98th (Prince of Wales’s) Regiment of Foot

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (2523, D, Connors. HMs. 98th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2523 Denis Connors 98th. Foot) minor edge nicks to latter, good very fine (2) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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Denis Connors served at Peshawar with the 98th Regiment of Foot in 1861. Experienced in punitive raids against Pathan tribesman who were unwilling to pay taxes levied by the East India Company, the 98th Foot did not serve during the Mutiny but were instead employed as part of the Sittana Field Force sent to deal with what author Hugh Cook later described in 1970 as ‘Hindustani Fanatics’.

With large numbers of men invalided home due to sickness, the Regiment transferred to Ireland in 1870 and later found itself countering local unrest, most notably a mutiny by the Tipperary Light Infantry Militia. It was later linked with the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot as part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, and assigned to the Whittington Barracks in Staffordshire.