Pair: Private James Hogan, 64th Foot, who was wounded in the right thigh at Lucknow in November 1857

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (J. Hogan, 64th Foot.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Jas. Hogan, 64th Regt.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £1,000-£1,400

James Hogan was born in the Parish of Eglis, near Burisakeane, Co. Tipperary, and attested for the 64th Foot at Birr, King’s County, on 1 July 1852, aged 19. He was embarked at Gravesend on 5 August 1852, for Bombay, where he joined the service companies on 10 December 1852. He was at Mohammerah at the head of the Persian Gulf by the end of March 1857 having been present at Reshire, Bushire and Koosh-Ab. He served in the Mutiny and was wounded in the right thigh at Lucknow in November 1857. Invalided to England on 6 April 1858, he was subsequently in hospital or at the Invalid Depot Chatham, where he was discharged on 11 June 1861, ‘being unfit for further service.’ The regimental surgeon reported: ‘This man was wounded at Lucknow by a rifle ball which struck him on the outside of the right thigh a little above the knee but without entering. Since November 1857 (date of wound) to the present time he has been undergoing a variety of treatment but the wound has never healed & from the great loss of substance & the adhesion of the cicatrix to the tendon of the outer ham string muscles is not likely to heal & he is disabled from performing the active duties of a soldier. Disability not aggravated by vice or intemperance.’

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