Auction Catalogue

10 & 11 December 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 869

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11 December 2014

Hammer Price:
£1,850

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel G. R. Kettlewell, a veterinary surgeon who served on attachment to the Bengal Horse Artillery in the Indian Mutiny and the 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry in the Second China War

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (G. Kettlewell, Bengal H. Art., 1st Bde.); China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (G. Kettlewell, 11th Bengal Cav.), ranks erased on both awards, very fine and better (2) £800-1000

George Roche Kettlewell, the son of Major-General John Wilson Kettlewell, was appointed a Veterinary Surgeon in the Indian Army in Bengal in December 1854. Of his subsequent services in the Indian Mutiny, his service record states:

‘Served with the 1st Troop, 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, throughout the Mutiny, from the outbreak at Jullundur, when the mutineers attacked the guns; was present at the siege and capture of Delhi, also at the action at Nudjufghur on 25 August, under General Nicholson; served with the Moveable Column under Brigadier Greathed, and was present at the action at Boolundshuhur on 28 September and at the battle of Agra on 10 October; subsequently served with the same column under Sir Hope Grant; also with the Force under Lord Clyde at the relief of Lucknow in November and at the defeat of the Gwalior Contingent at Cawnpore in December following; and was present at the siege and capture of Lucknow in March 1858 (Medal & 2 clasps).’

And of his part in the Second China War:

‘Served with the 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry during the China Campaign of 1860, from the landing of the force at Kowloon in April to the occupation of Pekin; and was present at the action of 12 August at Singho; on 18 September at Chun-kia-whee, and on 21 September near Tungehow (Medal & clasps).

Kettlewell was advanced to 1st Class Veterinary Surgeon in March 1869 and to Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon in October 1877. He was placed on the Retired List as a Veterinary Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1895, having served latterly as C.O. of the Veterinary School at Lahore.