Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4225 Pte. J. Kennedy. 2nd. Highland L.I.) a somewhat later issue with impressed naming, edge bruise, generally very fine £100-£140

John Kennedy, a miner, was born in Cumberland in 1870 and attested for the Highland Light Infantry at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 14 August 1891. Posted to the East Indies from 2 March 1892 to 15 April 1899, his Army Service Record states: ‘North-West Frontier of India 1897-89, Malakand operations in Bajour. Operations in Mamund Country. Buner attack & capture of Tanga Pass. S.Africa 1899-1900-01-02.’

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