Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieutt. R. H. Gill. 2d. Bn. Hamps. R.) polished, good very fine £200-£240

Robert Hinds Gill was commissioned Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment on 1 March 1883 and served with the initial force in Burma from October 1885. He transferred to the Ordnance Department on 11 July 1889, and was promoted Captain on 1 July 1890. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Commissary-General, Ordnance Stores Department, on 16 August 1890, and as an Ordnance Officer Fourth Class on 1 April 1896. He was promoted Major on 16 March 1901, and was advanced Ordnance Officer Third Class on 1 April 1904. He transferred to the half-pay List in 1905.