Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Abyssinia 1867 (Captn. G. B. Leslie, Bombay Saprs. & Minrs.) good very fine £350-400

George Bartholomew Leslie was born in Dublin on 23 December 1836 and was educated privately. Nominated for the Bombay Infantry, he was gazetted Ensign on 4 April 1854 and arrived the following month at Bombay where he was posted to the 24th Native Infantry. He was promoted to Lieutenant in September 1857 and served during the Indian Mutiny at the siege and capture of Ratghur, capture of Garrakota, feint on Malthone Pass, battle of the Betwa, siege and capture of Jhansi, at the taking of the villages of Mow and Makoni, and at the attack on the garrison of Ratghur.

In September 1865, he was posted to do duty with the Sappers & Miners, in command of a company, and commanded No. 3 Company Bombay Sappers & Miners in the Abyssinia Expedition of 1867, landing there on 23 October.