Auction Catalogue

30 June 1998

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 398

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30 June 1998

Hammer Price:
£800

Pair: Private W. Bishop, 78th Highlanders, 1st Relief Force, killed in action at Lucknow
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (78th Highlanders); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (78th Highlanders) the first with edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (2) £750-850

Private W. Bishop was killed in action on 25th September 1857, the day that the 78th Highlanders arrived at Lucknow as part of Havelock’s relief force.