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17 & 18 May 2016

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Lot

№ 650

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18 May 2016

Hammer Price:
£900

Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Lieut. John Augs. Fuller, Engineers) silk ribbon, with contemporary mounting bar with gold pin, slight edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £500-600

John Augustus Fuller, the son of Rev. Robert Fitzherbert Fuller and Maria Ursula Fuller, was a native of Lingfield, Surrey, where he was baptised on 7 July 1828. John Fuller was a Cadet at the H.E.I.C. College, Addiscombe, and was commissioned into the Bombay Army (Engineers) in 1846.

Served with the 1st Company Bombay Sappers as a 2nd Lieutenant, arriving at Mooltan on 21 December 1848 with 1st and 4th Companies Bombay Sappers and Miners under Major Walter Scott. At Mooltan on 2 January 1849, the Bombay Sappers suffered a large number of casualties in the final - and successful - assaults on the various city gates. The corps suffered ten men killed and two officers and 52 other ranks wounded. Lieutenant John Augustus Fuller was severely wounded in action on that day. For his services he was mentioned in despatches.

Promoted to Lieutenant in February 1854; Captain in April 1858; Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1866 and Colonel in February 1875.

During 1852-82 he was posted to the Public Works Department, Bombay Presidency. In 1878 he was thanked by the Government of Bombay for his architectural services, in the design of the Law Courts and Native General Hospital. Promoted to Major-General in December 1878. He was thanked once more in 1883 - for all his services rendered in the Public Works Department and in 1882 was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.). Additionally he was made a Fellow of Bombay University for his achievements. In 1883 he retired from the Army with the rank of Lieutenant-General and in the following year was granted the honorary rank of General. General Fuller died on 6 October 1902. With copied biographical and service details.