Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3104 Lce. Corpl. A. Dunn. 1st. Bn. E. Lanc: Regt.) contact marks, slight edge digs, slack suspension, otherwise very fine £100-£140

Arthur Dunn, a Gardener from Richmond, Surrey, attested into the Hampshire Regiment, from the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, on 4 September 1890. Transferring into the East Lancashire Regiment he served in India with the 1st Battalion from 26 November 1892, and was advanced Lance Corporal. After service during the 1895 Relief of Chitral campaign, he saw was advanced Corporal and further service in Burma, and was advanced Sergeant before further service in India. Transferred to the Punjab Unattached List, for further service with the Supply and Transport Corps, he saw further service in China during the Boxer Rebellion and is additionally entitled to the China 1900 medal with the clasp ‘Relief of Pekin’. He was discharged on 7 June 1904.

Sold with copied service papers and copied medal roll extracts.

Note: The recipient’s China 1900 medal and clasp were sold in these rooms in May 2024.