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Pair: Apothecary J. R. C. Hall, 8th Punjab Infantry, late Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry
INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (Actg. Apoth. J. R. C. Hall, Bengal Yeo. Cavy.); CHINA 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860
(Apothecary J. R. C. Hall. 8th Regt. Punjab Infy.) both medals officially impressed, nearly very fine and scarce (2)
£1200-1500
John Robert Charles Hall was appointed an Assistant Apothecary on the Bengal Subordinate Medical Department on 20 May 1859. In
1866 he is shown as Officiating Steward in the 34th Foot, and in the following year as Officiating Apothecary in the 104th Foot.
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Six: Colonel Charles Bailey, Indian Army
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieut., 26th Bl. Infy.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps,
Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (Capt., 16/Bengal Lcrs.); 1914-15 STAR (Lt. Col., I.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY
MEDALS, M.I.D. (Col.); DELHI DURBAR 1911, unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine and better (6) £450-500
Charles Bailey was born on 5 December 1862. He received his first commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 12
November 1884 and became a Lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps in August 1886. With the 26th Bengal Infantry he served in the
Burma Expedition of 1885-87. Promoted Captain in November 1895 and Major in November 1902. With the 16th Bengal Lancers he
served in the Boer War and was attached to Kitchener’s Horse, serving in operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900,
including operations at Paardeberg and actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein and Karee Siding. As a Lieutenant-Colonel and later
Colonel in the Indian Army during the Great War, he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 30 June 1916). Colonel Charles
Bailey died in Kensington on 8 January 1936. With copied research.
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Nine: Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Maxwell, Indian Army
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Samana 1891, Chin Hills 1892-93 (Ltt. 19th Bl. Lcrs.) clasps soldered together;
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieutt., 16th Bl. Cavy.); CHINA 1900, no clasp (Captn.,
16th Bl. Lcrs.); 1914-15 STAR (Lt. Col., Remount Serv.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lt. Col.); DELHI DURBAR 1911, silver,
unnamed, mounted court style as worn; FRANCE, CROIX DE GUERRE 1914-1915, bronze palm on ribbon; U.S.A., MILITARY
ORDER OF THE DRAGON, bronze and gilt, reverse inscribed (Capt. Hamilton G. Maxwell, 16th Cavalry No. 167) on substitute
ribbon, lacking ‘pagoda’ top bar, these two mounted court style as worn, light contact marks, very fine and better (9)
£2000-2400
Hamilton George Maxwell was born on 7 July 1863, the son of Colonel Hamilton Maxwell, late Bengal Staff Corps. After serving briefly
in the ranks, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Connaught Rangers on 7 May 1887. In January 1888 he was promoted to a
a Lieutenant and appointed to the Indian Army Staff Corps. Ranked as a Squadron Officer with the 16th Bengal Lancers in April 1892,
he served on the N.W. Frontier of India, serving in the 1st and 2nd Miranzai expeditions and was Orderly Officer to Brigadier-General
Sir W. S. A. Lockhart, K.C.B. in the 1st Miranzai Expedition. He then served in Burma 1892-93 before returning to the N.W. Frontier,
1897-98. Maxwell was promoted to Captain in May 1898 and saw service in the Boxer Rebellion. Further advancement follwed, being
promoted Substantive Major of the 16th Cavalry in May 1905 and Squadron Commander and Second in Command of the 16th Cavalry
in November 1911. He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1913 and was employed by the Remount Service in the Great
War. Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell retired from the service on 10 January 1920. With copied ‘Queen’s Indian Cadetship’ papers and
other copied research. Croix de Guerre not confirmed.
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