Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Carte de Visite studio portrait photographs (2) of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Evelyn Wood V.C., and Colonel Willian Cubitt V.C, good condition (2) £80-£100

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons
V.C. London Gazette 4 September 1860.
‘For having, on the 19th of October, 1858, during Action at Sindwaho, when in command of a Troop of the 3rd Light Cavalry, attacked with much gallantry, almost single-handed, a body of Rebels who had made a stand, whom he routed. Also, for having subsequently, near Sindhora, gallantly advanced with a Duffadar and Sowar of Beatson’s Horse, and rescued from a band of robbers, a Potail, Chemmum Singh, whom they had captured and carried off to the Jungles, where they intended to hang him.’

Colonel William George Cubbitt, 13th Bengal Native Infantry
V.C. London Gazette 21 June 1859.
 For having on the retreat from Chinhut, on the 30th of June, 1857, saved the lives of three men of the 32nd Regiment, at the risk of his own.’