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Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. H. C. Sandys, 14th. N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, traces of excess solder to suspension claw, minor edge bruise, good very fine £1,600-£2,000

Henry Capel Sandys was born in Dublin ion 27 December 1790 and was commissioned Ensign in the 14th Native Infantry on 18 July 1807. Promoted Lieutenant on 12 October 1812, he was appointed Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Native Infantry in December 1814, and served in the Nepaul War of 1815, as part of the 3rd Division. He saw further service as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General of the Nagpure Subsidiary Force from 29 November 1816, and was in charge of the Guide and Intelligence Department of the Advanced Division from 14 November 1817.

Sandys saw further service in the Third Mahratta War 1817-18, and led the storming party at the capture of Chanda. Appointed Brigade Major in the Rajah of Nagpur’s Regular Infantry in 1818, he remained in Nagpur service until 1830, being promoted Captain on 1 May 1824, and Major on 9 May 1830. He retired on 6 November 1832, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 28 November 1854. He died at Craig-yr-Halen, Anglesey, on 19 March 1873.