Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (501. Corpl. Richard Punch, 7th. Hussars.) good very fine £240-£280

Richard Punch was born in Limerick in 1839 and attested there for the 7th Hussars on 26 May 1858. He was promoted Corporal on 3 June 1861, and Sergeant on 30 December 1865, before being reduced to Private on 4 April 1869, having been caught drunk off duty. After further promotions and reductions he was finally discharged on 7 October 1879, after 21 years and 124 days’ service, of which 11 years and 5 months had been spent soldiering in India.

Sold with copied service papers.