Orders, Decorations and Medals

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Umbeyla, North West Frontier (Lieut. T. B. Cole, H.Ms 1st Bn. 7th Regt.) very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late John Cooper.

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This officer is shown on the roll for the Umbeyla clasp but the roll states ‘not at Umbeyla’.

Captain Francis Burton Owen Cole served with Brigadier Chamberlain’s Force attached to the 1st Coke’s Rifles against the Mahsud Wazeerees on the North West Frontier during March, April and May, 1860, and was present at the forcing of the Burrara Pass, taking and burning of their stronghold, Mukeen, and various minor engagements.