Orders, Decorations and Medals

Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown (E. Murphy, No. 197, 13th or P.A.L.I.) engraved naming, replacement fixed straight bar suspension, contact marks, nearly very fine £550-650

Edward Murphy was born in the Parish of Bennekerry, Co. Carlow. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the 13th Light Infantry at Carlow on 5 January 1821, aged 21 years. With the regiment he served 20 years in the ‘East Indies’, from 17 May 1823 to 30 September 1843. His papers record service in the ‘Burman Empire’, 1824-26; with the ‘Army of the Indus’, 1838-42 - being present at the storming of Ghznee in July 1839; at several engagements at Cabul and Jellalabad in 1841, and at the Defence of Jellalabad in 1842, including the actions at Jagdallack, 8 September and Tazeen, 13 September 1842. After over 23 years in the army, Murphy took his final discharge at Chatham on 16 August 1844, being unfit for service. Listed as a Kilmainham ‘In Pensioner’ in June 1860 and ‘Out Pensioner’ in July 1861. With copied discharge papers and roll extracts.