Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Scrap Book, compiled by General J. G. Griffiths, Bombay Artillery, containing newspaper cuttings regarding Armaments, Gunnery, India in the 1850s (including the Mutiny), and Military Matters in general; and extensive manuscript notes regarding railways in India, the Royal Artillery Staff in India, Indian Artillery at the time of the Mutiny &c.; together with some original documents and letters, loosely bound with the cover embossed ‘Extracts’, spine damaged, poor to fair condition £60-80

Julius G. Griffith was born in 1792 and was commissioned into the Bombay Artillery in 1810. he served in many of the early operations in India, including, amongst many others, Kathiawar and Ockomundel in 1811-12, the Maharatta War of 1814-18, and the Battle of Poona in 1817. He served as Commandant of the Bombay Artillery from 1836-46, and was appointed to the Command of the Mhow Division in 1846. He was promoted to his ultimate rank of General in 1860, and died in Boulogne in July 1872.