SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 52
SUTLEJ 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, no clasp (Lieut. H. L. Blackburn, 41st Regt. N.I.) some edge bruising, about very fine
£400-500
Henry Leith Blackburn was born on the island of Madeira on 12 February 1822 and was educated at Winchester. He was appointed an Ensign in the service of the H.E.I.C. on 5 January 1842 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1844 and Captain in December 1852. Entering India in 1842, he firstly served with the 58th Regiment N.I., transferring to the 40th Regiment N.I. later in the year. With the regiment he saw service at Ferozeshuhur during the First Sikh War. Captain Blackburn retired from the service on 15 April 1856 and died on 9 April 1905. With copied service papers.
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SUTLEJ 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Ensign T. de Momet, 68th Regt. N.I.) minor edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine
£400-500
NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1864 (Capt. T. C. Hinds, 40th Regt.) impressed naming, good very fine £2000-2500
Thomas Clowes Hinds was born in Darlston Hall, Stone, Staffordshire on 9 January 1839, the eldest son of Rev. John Thomas Hinds, M. A. and Margaret Clowes Hinds. Entering the 22nd Regiment as an Ensign by purchase in August 1855, he purchased a Lieutenancy in December 1856 and a Captaincy in August 1859. Hinds then transferred to the 40th Regiment and embarked for Australia in late 1860. There, he served as part of the Imperial garrison of Tasmania. In August 1863 he departed Hobart for New Zealand aboard the Isabella which was carrying reinforcements to New Zealand from the 12th and 40th Regiment. Captain Hinds served in the New Zealand Wars of 1863-64 and was present at the engagements of Rangariri and Orakau. In June 1867 he obtained the rank of Major by purchase. In 1875, Major Hinds transferred to the 58th Regiment and the following year resigned from the Army by the sale of his commission.
With a well presented folder containing extensive copied research, which includes service papers and the 40th’s part in the New Zealand War of 1863-64; together with a CD containing the research.
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NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1866 (759 Seth Brittle, 50th Qn’s. Own Rgt.) impressed naming, slight edge bruising, very fine
£300-350
NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1866 (468 Chas. Bennett, 50th Qn’s. Own Regt.) impressed naming, nearly very fine
£280-320
NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse dated 1865 to 1866 (667 Sergt. Albt. C. Ward, 5th Battn. Mility. Trn.) officially impressed naming, with silver brooch bar, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine
£400-500
Albert Charles Ward was born in St. Pancras, London. A Bricklayer by occupation, he attested for the Military Train at Westminster on 8 November 1856. With the unit he served in New Zealand for over three years. He was discharged as a 2nd Class Staff Sergeant at Chatham on 19 October 1877. At the time of his discharge he had been awarded the New Zealand Medal and L.S. & G.C. Medal. With copied service papers.
58 59 NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse undated (257 M. Neighland, 70th Foot) very fine £280-320
NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse undated (1329 Sergt. H. Hitchins, A.H. Corps) officially engaved naming, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine
£260-300 Ex New Zealand War Medal Collection, D.N.W. March/June 2008.
Sergeant Henry Hitchins is confirmed on the medal roll of Army Hospital Corps. Of the approximate 60 medals issued to this Corps, as few as 6 are known to have been on the market. The Army Hospital Corps was sent to New Zealand in 1861 and detachments based at Auckland were then seconded to Infantry Regiments. It also manned the Military Hospitals established at Auckland, New Plymouth, Napier, and Wanganui, as well as smaller facilities at the front, for example at Tauranga, after Gate Pa. The New Zealand Wars were the first conflicts where the wounded from various regiments were treated at one facility. Prior to this, soldiers were cared for by their own regiment's medical personnel. The last of the Corps left New Zealand in 1870.
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Sold with India Office Library medal roll reference. PUNJAB 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Thos. O’Neil, 1st Eur. Fus.), the ‘T’ of ‘Thos.’ with feint double-stamping, edge nicks,
very fine
www.dnw.co.uk £300-350
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