Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private H. Miles, 80th Regiment

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Henry Miles. 80th Regt.) pawnbroker’s mark to edge at 11 o’clock; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp, unnamed, last with suspension claw re-affixed and area of erasure to edge, otherwise very fine or better (2) £240-280

Henry Miles attested for the 80th Regiment in India, aged 14 years and 10 months. He transferred to the 53rd Regiment, and served with them during the Indian Mutiny. He was wounded in the left leg at Khuewa, 1 November 1857, on which date the 53rd were employed as escort to a supply train to Cawnpore. Miles was subsequently discharged as a consequence of his wound.