SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 351
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Surgeon Major S. F. Bigger M.B. 3d Punjab Cavy.) nearly extremely fine
£300-360
Samuel Ferguson Bigger was born on 4 October 1854, and educated at Liverpool and University College London; M.R.C.S. 1875; L.S. A. 1877; Surgeon, 30 March 1878; Surgeon Major, 30 March 1890; Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel, 30 March 1898. He served in Afghanistan 1879-80, Zaimukht expedition, action of Zawa (Medal); North-East Frontier, Chin Lushai 1889-90 (Despatches G.G.O. 677 of 1890, Medal with clasp); North-West Frontier, Waziristan 1894-5 (Clasp); Tirah 1897-98, action at Dargai (Despatches G.G.O. No. 244 of 1898, Medal with two clasps).
G.G.O. 667 of 1890: ‘Surgeon Major S. F. Bigger, at Demagiri, had the heaviest work of the campaign in dealing with the sickness of the followers, and ensuring their satisfactory transit when invalided to the base. His duties were discharged in a most able and admirable manner, and reflect the highest credit on his judgement and ability.’
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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, North West Frontier, Looshai (Bugler Bhageruth Damie 2d Goorkha Regt.) official correction to first letter of surname, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine
£260-300 353
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (6000 Pte. T. Maloney 1st. Bn. Rif. Brig.) clasp carriage adapted to enable mounting, with top retaining rod, nearly extremely fine
£180-220
Thomas Maloney was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 1861, and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 7 August 1883. After a brief period with the 2nd Battalion, he was posted to the 1st Battalion on 6 March 1884, and immediately embarked for India. He served with the Regiment in Burma during the Third Burmese War from October 1886 until March 1891, returning to the U.K. on 31 March 1891. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 9 April of that year, and was discharged on 6 August 1895, after 12 years’ service.
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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1888, Hazara 1891 (1030 Pte. G. Herriott 2d. Bn. Sea. Highrs.) clasp carriage adapted to enable mounting, extremely fine
£180-220
George Herriott served with the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders in the first Hazara Field Force Expedition under Major-General J. W. McQueen during operations against the Hassanzai, Akazai, and Chagarzai Black Mountain tribes from 3 October to 9 November 1888, and subsequently as part of the second Hazara Field Force Expedition under Major-General W. K. Elles during operations against the Hassanzai and Akazai Black Mountain tribes from 12 March to 16 May 1891.
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INDIAGENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1891, Chin-Lushai 1889-90, clasps remounted in this order, bronze issue (174 Saloolry Wazir Beg, Comt. Transport Dept.) good very fine
£200-240 356
INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasps (John Todd, 34th Regt.) with silver riband bar, this engraved ‘Capture Lucknow’, suspension claw loose, minor edge bruising, therefore very fine
£200-240 357
INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. G, C, Fraser, 52nd L.I.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine £300-400
George Cruden Fraser is confirmed on the roll as a Lieutenant entitled to the medal without clasp. He afterwards exchanged into the 84th Foot.
358 INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (Alexr. Ferris, 54th Regt.) contact marks, therefore very fine £400-500
Alexander Ferris was born in Donaghadee, Co. Down, Ireland, and enrolled as a Volunteer in the Northumberland Regiment of Militia on 14 February 1853. Whilst serving with them he attested for the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot at Alnwick, Northumberland, on 16 April 1855, and embarked aboard the ill-fated Sarah Sands, bound for India, in August 1857, thus became embroiled in one of the epic shipwrecks of Victorian times.
The Sarah Sands, with 368 officers and men of the 54th Regiment, together with women and children, a total complement of some 500 persons including the ship’s crew, sailed from Portsmouth on 15 August 1857. During the course of the voyage the crew became mutinous and many of them were locked in irons below deck. On 7 November a squall carried away the foremost of the vessel's four masts but on 11 November a more serious disaster occurred when a fire broke out some days after leaving Cape Town. For 18 hours the troops and loyal members of the crew fought the fire with admirable discipline. The women and children were successfully lowered in the boats to safety whilst the mutinous sailors deserted in the ship's long boat.
The gallantry of the 54th, together with the petty officers and engineers who had remained on board, in fighting the fire and the subsequent powder explosion is a matter of record. The regimental colours, kept in the saloon, were saved by the bravery of half a dozen volunteers who reached them after repeated attempts. Several casks of powder blew up most of the ship aft of the mainmast but in the process also blew away much of the burning woodwork, enabling the fire to be finally extinguished. Without loss of life, the Sarah Sands reached Port Louis, Mauritius, after being adrift for 12 days. Many soldiers had been terribly burned, their uniforms having been almost scorched from their bodies by the intense heat and flames of the fire. Of the original strength of the 54th only 151 remained fit enough to proceed to India and earn the medal for service during the Mutiny.
Ferris served with the 54th Foot in India for 12 years and 8 months, and was awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1876. He was discharged at Netley on 2 May 1876, after 21 years and 18 days’ service.
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