Orders, Decorations and Medals

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Asst. Surgn. A. B. Webster, M.D., Field Hospital), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick.

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Alexander Binney Webster gained the M.D. Edinburgh in 1824. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 9 February 1825 and Officiating Assistant Surgeon on 27 May 1825, he served in the siege and storm of Bhurtpoor 1826 with the Field Hospital. He retired from the service in 1836 and died in Edinburgh on 8 January 1879.