Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Asst. Surgn. J. G. French, 44th Native Infy.) nearly extremely fine
£500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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John Gay French was born on 27 June 1839. He was educated at Ledwich School, Dublin, Queen’s College, Galway and Trinity College, Dublin and qualified as a M.R.C.S. in 1859 and L.K.Q.C.P. in 1860. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 1 October 1860. He further qualified as a M.D., M.Ch. and Q.U.I. in 1870 and was elected a F.R.C.S. in 1870. In the Army he was advanced to Surgeon in October 1872 and Surgeon-Major in July 1873. He died at Ballingar, Galway on 28 July 1885. He served on the N.E. Frontier, 1865-66 and at the recapture of Diwangiri. Author of Endemic Fever in Lower Bengal, 1873; edited the Indian Medical Gazette, 1875-76.