Pair: Private H. Bentley, 98th (Prince of Wales’s) Regiment of Foot

Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Henry Bentley, 98th. Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (H. Bentley No. 2967 98th Foot) privately engraved, suspension claw re-soldered, minor contact marks and polishing, good fine and better (2) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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Henry Bentley served in the Punjab between 7 September 1848 and 14 March 1849 in operations against the Sikh Army of Sher Singh. From here the regiment was one of the first British units to serve on the North West Frontier, spending 1849 through to 1851 in and around the Kohat Pass. Engaged in a series of punitive raids against Pathan tribesmen, the men suffered greatly from disease with almost 200 invalided home. Bentley is later recorded in 1861 as stationed at the 98th Foot Depot at Canterbury, Kent.