Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel James Dinwiddie Bulman, Canadian Militia

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1870 (S. Sgt., 52nd Bn.) impressed naming; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, V.R., reverse impressed, ‘Lieut-Colonel J. D. Bulman, 79th Regiment’, hallmarks for London 1901, with brooch bar, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £500-550

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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James Dinwiddie Bulman was born on 28 February 1845. He enlisted into the 52nd Bedford, later Brome Battalion of Infantry as a Private in about 1866 when it was formed. By about 1870 Bulman was a Staff Sergeant. With the unit he served in the suppression of the Fenian Raid of 1870. The Regiment was called out for service on 11 April 1870 and was stationed at Frelighsburg in Missisquoi County in the Province of Quebec, on the Vermont border, with detachments at Mansonville, Abercorn and at Cook’s Corner. On 24 May, Lieutenant-Colonel Osborne-Smith, D.A.A.G. of the 5th Military District at Montreal, took personal command of the troops in the threatened area at Frelighsburg. The Fenians had gathered near Franklin in Vermont, ready to make a dash over the border near Eccles Hill. They crossed into Canada soon after noon on 25 May and came under fire. The action continued until nighfall when the Fenians retreated back across the border having lost some 4/5 killed and 15/18 wounded. For his services Bulman was eventually awarded the Canada General Service Medal with a clasp for the Fenian Raid 1870

On 21 June 1872, Bulman was promoted to Lieutenant in, and Adjutant of, the 79th Sheffield Battalion of Infantry. This newly raised regiment was based at Waterloo, Missisquoi County. Bulman remained Adjutant until June 1887, being advanced to Captain in September 1878 and Major in June 1887. He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1897 and remained in command until 1904. Lieutenant-Colonel Buman was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration in 1902, the award being notified in the Canada Gazette of 8 March 1902. In February 1904 the 79th Regiment was converted into the 13th Scottish Light Dragoons and Bulman was transferred to the Reserve of Officers. Sold with copied research.