Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Captain J. R. Hobday, Bengal Staff Corps

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. J. R. Hobday, Bl. S.C.); India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92 (Captain J. R. Hobday, B.S.C.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £500-550

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The collection of Medals formed by the Late Clive Nowell.

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James Ramsay Hobday was born in 1850 and appointed Ensign in the 25th Foot in January 1869. He transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps in March 1871 as a Lieutenant and served in the Afghan war with the Kandahar Field Force in 1879 (Medal). Promoted to Captain in 1881, he served in the Burmese expedition 1886-87, in charge of Survey (Despatches; Medal with Clasp, Brevet of Major); Burma 1889-90, Poukhan and Tonhon expeditions (2 clasps); and on the Chinese frontier 1890-91 (Despatches). Hobday retired in the rank of Colonel in 1903. His boundary dividing Burma from China was recognised by the Government of India.