Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Gr. & Dr. Wm. Dodd, 12th. Bn. R. Arty.) minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine £240-£280

The 5th Company, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery received the Honour Title ‘Strange’s Battery’ for their action near Doadpore on 20 October 1858 when two guns, under the command of Lieutenant T. B. Strange, outran their own cavalry, drove over a gun emplacement, routed the enemy, and captured their guns.

William Dodd was born in Liverpool in 1828 and attested for the Royal Artillery in Dublin on 31 October 1848. He was advanced Sergeant on 29 May 1856, but was tried and imprisoned by General Court Martial, and was reduced to Gunner on 6 March 1857. He was granted an additional 2 years’ service by General Order of October 1859, and was again advanced Corporal on 1 January 1862, being reduced to Gunner once more on 16 May 1864. He was finally discharged on 21 April 1868, after 21 years and 92 days’ service, of which 18 years and 10 months had been spent soldiering in India.

Sold with copied service papers.