Auction Catalogue

2 December 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 465 x

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2 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£720

Six: Colonel Charles Bailey, Indian Army

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieut., 26th Bl. Infy.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (Capt., 16/Bengal Lcrs.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., I.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. (Col.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine and better (6) £450-500

Charles Bailey was born on 5 December 1862. He received his first commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 12 November 1884 and became a Lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps in August 1886. With the 26th Bengal Infantry he served in the Burma Expedition of 1885-87. Promoted Captain in November 1895 and Major in November 1902. With the 16th Bengal Lancers he served in the Boer War and was attached to Kitchener’s Horse, serving in operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg and actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein and Karee Siding. As a Lieutenant-Colonel and later Colonel in the Indian Army during the Great War, he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 30 June 1916). Colonel Charles Bailey died in Kensington on 8 January 1936. With copied research.