Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (G. W. Hornby. 1st. Engr. “Enterprize”) nearly extremely fine £260-300

Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, DNW, October 1996.

G. W. Hornby served as 1st Engineer of the Irrawaddy steam flotilla Enterprize from 1848 until 1855, when he moved to the S.V. Proserpine. The Enterprize was sent to Rangoon in early 1852 as part of the Fleet, and was involved with the attack on Prome during the second Anglo-Burmese War in October 1852.

Approximately 92 clasps awarded to the Enterprize, 31 to Europeans and 61 to Natives.