Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Captain F. E. Manning 16th Regt. Grenadiers) naming engraved in fine running script, fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine £800-£1,000

Francis Edward Manning was born at Sidmouth, Devon, on 19 May 1803. He served as an Ensign in the Bengal European Regiment 1819-20, before being posted as Lieutenant to the 2/10th N.I. in 1821, and as Interpreter and Quartermaster to the 1/10th N.I. in October 1823. He transferred to the 16th N.I. (late 2/10th) in May 1824, was promoted to Captain in January 1829, and to Brevet Major in April 1844. He served at the capture of Ghuznee in 1839 (Medal); in command of a convoy proceeding to Cabul, 23 July 1841, and in Nott’s advance on Cabul in 1842 (Medal); and at the battle of Maharajpoor in 1843 (despatches London Gazette 8 March 1844; Bronze Star). Major Manning died at Etawah on 8 October 1844.