Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (D. Hill, 1st. Batn. 5th. Fusrs.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £800-£1,000

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2007.

David Hill was born in Whitechurch, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1837 and attested for the 5th Fusiliers at Aylesbury on 13 January 1855. He served with the 1st Battalion in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and took part in the First Relief of Lucknow as part of General Havelock’s Column. He was severely wounded in the right thigh on 26 September 1857 during the First Relief.

Hill transferred to the 98th Regiment of Foot on 1 March 1861. He was discharged at Colchester on 22 June 1865 but re-engaged on 10 August the same year, and was promoted Corporal on 30 July 1866 and Sergeant on 28 January 1873. He was awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and was finally discharged on 22 February 1876, after 21 years and 177 days’ service, of which 1 year and 10 months were spent in Mauritius; 8 years in India; 2 years and 10 months in the West Indies; and 20 days in Malta.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.