Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Gunner John Fox, Royal Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Gr. & Dr. 6th Batn. Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Gunr., V. Fld. Baty. No. 1 Cpy. 6th Bn. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2431 Gunner, 22nd Bde. R.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with adapted Crimea suspension, the first two with contact marks, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £180-220

“V” Battery, 1/6 R.A. arrived in India during 1858 to garrison Mooltan which, until then had remained unaffected by the mutiny. On 2 September 1858, the 62nd and 69th regiments of Native Infantry rose without warning and, armed with long poles and sticks with hatchets, hammers, etc., fastened on the ends, made a sudden onslaught on the artillery quarter guard in an attempt to take possession of the guns. Major J. Singleton, commanding “V” Battery, who was on the spot, ordered two guns into action with case shot and scattered one party of the rebels. Another body made a rush at the stables but they were met and dispersed by the Bombay Fusiliers. Others approached the stables by another route and succeeded in killing and wounding some unarmed drivers and syces before they were driven off by Captain A. H. W. Williams, R.A., and a mixed detachment of gunners and infantry. A third party came under shrapnel fire from Singleton and were at once put to flight. Few of the mutineers escaped.