Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain H. J. Johnson, 80th Foot

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (Lieut. H. J. Johnson. 80th Foot.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (Capt. H. J. Johnson. 80th Foot.) polished, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Roy Painter.

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Henry J. Johnson was appointed Ensign in the 80th Foot on 8 July 1868; Lieutenant, 28 October 1871; Captain, 13 March 1879. Captain Johnson served in Perak in 1876 in charge of the Maharajah Lela and other Malay prisoners (Medal with Clasp). Commanded at Fort Mameluke in the operations against Sekukuni in 1878; he served as District Adjutant at Lydenberg, and subsequently with the 80th Regiment on the Swazi border in the Zulu war of 1879, and during the invasion of Zululand and the engagement at Ulundi (Medal with Clasp).