A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps 292
WATERLOO 1815 (Vet. Surgeon Hogrefe (sic), 2nd Reg. Light Drag. K.G. L.) the ‘f’ in surname scratched over and crudely replaced with a ‘v’, original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine
£1800-2200
Henry Hogreve was born in 1783 and entered the 2nd Light Dragoons, K.G.L., as a Veterinary Surgeon on 12 July 1806. He served in the Peninsular, France and Flanders, from December 1811 until the end of the war, being present at the third siege of Badajoz, 17-18 March 1812; the battle of Salamanca, 22 July 1812; with General Bock’s Brigade at Garcia Hernandez, 23 July 1812, the battle of Vittoria, 21 June 1813; the battle of Toulouse, 10 April 1814, and the battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Hogreve was placed on Half Pay in April 1816 and transferred to the 15th Hussars in August 1817. He married Honoria Francis Lysright in March 1810 and had four children. He died in 1865. With copied service paper, roll extract and other research.
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INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (Vet. Surgn. F. Bailey, 9th Lancers) very fine
£300-350
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Vety. Surgn. R. F. Frost, Army Vet. Dept.) minor edge bruising, good very fine
£300-350
Robert Francis Frost was born in 1848 and graduated from the Royal College in London in 1870. Commissioned in January 1871, he was promoted to Veterinary Surgeon 1st Class in January 1883 and to Veterinary Major in January 1893. He served in the Burma Expedition of 1885-87 and in South Africa, August 1895-February 1900. In 1896 he was promoted to the post of Senior Veterinary Officer with his headquarters at Pietermaritzburg. Frost retired on 10 February 1900 and died at home in Dublin on 28 August 1909. With copied service notes.
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ABYSSINIA 1867 (Vety. Surgn. J. H. Kettle, British Army) suspension refixed, suspension ring with solder repair and non- swivelling, pitted through fire damage (?), nearly very fine
£300-350
James H. Kettle graduated on 25 April 1866 and was appointed Veterinary Surgeon with the Royal Artillery on 11 January 1867. He transferred to the 19th Hussars in December 1871 and to the Army Veterinary Department in September 1881. Promoted Veterinary Surgeon 1st Class in August 1877 and Veterinary Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1896. Placed on Retired Pay on 4 August 1898. Kettle served in the Abyssinian Campaign 1867 and was mentioned in Major-General G. Malcolm’s despatch of 30 June 1868: ‘Veterinary Surgeons Kettle, Wilson and Blake have efficiently superintended the care of the sick mules at Facoda and in the neighbourhood of Senafe and Antalo. Mr Kettle had in the absence of other officers several times charge of the Facoda Station, and I have had reason to observe his careful arrangements of his sick mules.’ Veterinary Lieutenant-Colonel Kettle died at 12 Kenilworth Court, Putney, London, on 6 November 1912.
With copied roll extracts and research. 296 AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Vet. Sur. F. Plomley, I/C. R.H.A.) very fine £400-500
Veterinary Surgeon 1st Class Francis Plomley was first appointed to the Veterinary Department on 1 September 1867. He retired on 2 May 1888.
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INDIAGENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Vety. Ltt. H. B. Knight, Army Vety. Deptt.) clasps in that order, edge bruise, very fine
£250-300
Harry Briscoe Knight was born in Farnham on 6 November 1868. After graduating from the London Veterinary College, he was appointed a Veterinary Lieutenant on 17 February 1892. With the Army Veterinary Department he served with the Chitral Relief Force and on the N.W. Frontier 1897-98. Promoted to Veterinary Captain in February 1902, he retired with a gratuity on 20 December 1905. With copied service papers and other research.
With copied medal roll extract - listed as ‘Late Remounts’. 298 QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (Civ. Condr. J. J. Doubleday, A.V.D.) edge bruising, good very fine £120-160
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