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Ghuznee 1839 (P. Mahney. Pte. H.M. 17th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, with original straight bar suspension, edge bruising, nearly very fine £800-£1,200

Patrick Mahney (also spelt Mahony) was born in Blackrock, co. Cork. A servant by occupation, he attested for the 17th Regiment on 18 February 1831, aged 18 years. He joined the Regiment in New South Wales, Australia, in June 1832, where he remained for the next four years, during which time the regiment was stationed in Tasmania, Paramatta and Sydney.

In June 1836 the regiment sailed for India where it later took part in the Afghanistan campaign of 1839. Mahney was present at the storm and capture of Ghuznee, 23 July 1839 and of Khelat, 13 November 1839. At Ghuznee, the 17th Regiment was conspicuous in the storming and assault, which was effected with little loss to the regiment, only six rank and file being wounded. At the storming of Khelat on 13 November, the 2nd and 17th British and 31st Bengal Regiments charged into the town and after fierce hand-to-hand fighting the citadel was captured and Mehra Khan killed. The 17th had six rank and file killed, and one officer and thirty-two other ranks wounded.

Mahney was discharged on 11 October 1844, after 13 years and 220 days’ service.

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