Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Bugle-Major J. Farren, 60th Rifles

Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Corpl. J. Farren. 1st. Bn. 60th. R. Rifles.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Bugle Major J. Farren, 1st. Bn. 60th. Rifles.) light contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £500-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Musicians formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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Joseph Farren was born on 16 September 1817 in Cork, Ireland, and attested for the 60th Royal Rifles at Gibraltar on 16 September 1831. He served with the Corps in India and, having been promoted Corporal on 5 August 1848, ‘was present at the siege and capture of Mooltan from 27 December 1848 to 22 January 1849; the campaign in the Punjab in 1848-49 including the battle of Goojerat, the surrender of the Rajah Sher Singh and the Sikh Army, the occupation of Attock and Peshawar, and the expulsion of the Amir Dost Mohammed beyond the Khyber Pass’. Appointed Bugle-Major on 1 March 1850, he was awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with a Gratuity of £5, on 14 October 1854. He served up-country during the Indian Mutiny, before being invalided to England. He was discharged on 14 September 1858, after 22 years and 364 days’ service, of which over 21 years were spent overseas.