Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant T. Lay, 15th Bengal Native Infantry

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lt. T. Lay. 15th Ben: N:I:); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut: T. Lay. 15th Regt. Bengal N.I.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £500-£600

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2013.

Tudor Lay was born in Leamington in October 1853, the son of M. J. Lay (a Master Mariner) and Lucy Lay. He served with the 15th Bengal Native Infantry (Loodianah Sikhs) in Afghanistan 1878-80, taking part in the march from Kabul to the relief of Kandahar, and the return to the Sibi by the Hurnai route. Lay was present at the reconnaissance of 31 August 1880, and the battle of Kandahar. He subsequently transferred to the 109th Regiment, and married in Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1 May 1880.