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12 November 2020

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№ 478

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12 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£1,300

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-9, Chin Hills 1892-93 (Capt. H. R. B. Donne. 2d Bn. Norf. R.) very fine £300-£400

Henry Richard Beadon Donne was appointed Ensign in the Norfolk Regiment on 11 August 1880; Lieutenant, 1 July 1881; Captain, 1 May 1887; Major, 22 September 1897; Lieutenant-Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General, Bengal (from Major h.p. Norfolk Regt.), 20 May 1898; Colonel, 16 October 1903; Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters, 1 January 1907.

Lieutenant-Colonel Donne served with the Burmese Expedition in 1888-89 attached to the Intelligence Branch during the expedition to the Northern Shan States, and afterwards with the Chin Field Force (Medal with Clasp). Served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India in 1897-98, first with the Malakand Field Force as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General 3rd Brigade including the engagements at Nawagai and Bedmanai Pass (mentioned in despatches); and afterward with the Tirah Expeditionary Force as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General 1st Brigade, and was present at the forcing of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes and in the operations in the Bazar Valley (mentioned in despatches, brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel, Medal with two clasps). War of 1914-19 (C.M.G.).