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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£1,800

The Java campaign medal awarded to Lieutenant-General John Leslie, K.H., 69th Foot, later Colonel of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment

Military General Service 1793-1814
, 1 clasp, Java (J. Leslie, K.H. Capt. 69th Foot) some edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1400-1800

John Leslie was at the taking of Travancore in 1808, and also at the capture of the Isle of Bourbon and the Isle of France in 1810, after which he served with the 69th Regiment in Java and was present in the engagements of the 10th, 22nd and 26th August 1811. He also served in the Pindarree War of 1817, and with the Army of Occupation in France. He was appointed Colonel of the 35th Regiment on 26 September 1857, promoted to Lieutenant-General on 26 October 1858, and died in February 1861.