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29 June 2022

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№ 166

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29 June 2022

Hammer Price:
£2,200

Three: Sergeant P. Anderson, 64th Foot, who was wounded in the leg at Cawnpore on 16 July 1857

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (P. Anderson, 64th. Foot.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Peter Anderson, 64th Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3006 Sergt. Peter Anderson. 64th. Foot.) heavy contact marks, polished and worn in parts, therefore good fine, the LS&GC better (3) £700-£900

Peter Anderson was born in Kilboe, Co. Longford, in 1828 and attested for the 64th Foot at Edinburgh on 22 December 1848. He served in the Persia campaign of 1857, and subsequent in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was wounded in the leg in the actions at Cawnpore as part of General Windham’s force on 16 July 1857.

Anderson was promoted Corporal on 14 January 1859, and Sergeant on 23 September 1859, and transferred to the permanent staff of the 4th Lancashire Militia on 14 February 1867. He was discharged on 28 December 1869, after 21 years and 7 days’ service, of which 9 years and three months were spent soldiering in India.

Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, extensive copied Muster Rolls, and other research.