Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Chin-Lushai 1889-90, Burma 1887-89, clasps mounted in this order, as usual, with top lugs removed and unofficial rivets between clasps (Lieutt. L. P. Chapman R.E. “Q.O.” Sappers & Miners) good very fine £300-£400

Leonard Palmer Chapman was born in London in 1865 and served with the 5th Company, Sappers and Miners during the Burma campaign of 1887-89; during the Chin Lushai expedition of 1889-90 at Fort White from 15 November 1889 to 30 April 1890; and then in Burma with the Wuntho Column from 20 February to 23 April 1891, being Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 9 February 1892). Advanced Major, he died in India of peritonitis on 18 February 1906, aged 40.