Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn. H. K. Bushe 15th Bombay N.I.) good very fine £250-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Tim Ash.

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Horace Kendal Bushe was born in the Parish of Castlehaven, County Cork, on 18 January 1837, and was admitted to Addiscombe House as a Cadet for the Bombay Infantry in February 1854. He arrived in India on 28 June 1854 and, after a short period of attachment to the 13th and 4th Regiments N.I., joined the 15th Bombay Native Infantry on 20 October 1854. He was promoted Lieutenant in November 1854, and commanded a detachment on Field Service at Bhagulcote from 3 August to 11 September 1857. He served with the Belgaum Field Force under Colonel Malcolm, C.B., Southern Mahratta Horse, in the campaign of the Southern Mahratta Country and Nizam’s Territories in the latter part of 1857 and 1858, and was present at the taking of the Hill Fort of Shorapore on 9 February 1858 (Medal).

Bushe was promoted to Captain in May 1861, becoming Major in October 1869 and Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1870. Colonel Bushe died on 24 November 1898. Sold with a comprehensive file of research.