Single Campaign Medals 327 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. N. S. M. Crunneen. 74th Highlanders) note spelling of surname, very fine £400-£500 Provenance: Elson Collection 1963.
Norman Scalpa McCrummen was born at Zante, Ionian Islands, on 24 May 1834, son of Captain John McCrummen, 11th Regiment. He was appointed Ensign in the 74th Highlanders on 23 November 1852; Lieutenant, 8 September 1854; Captain 17 June 1860. He served in the Indian Mutiny and was present at the storm and capture of the Town and Fort of Nurgoond (Medal).
He retired on 17 November 1867, and died at Dunoon on 20 October 1871. 328 329 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (1963 G. Gulverwell,
H.Ms. 81st. Regt.) nearly extremely fine £160-£200
Entitled to clasp for Central India. Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Hy. Atkinson, 95th Regt.) fitted with cast copy non-swivel suspension, toned, good
very fine 330 £180-£200
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Ensign W. J. K, Myers, 2nd Bn. Rifle Bde) with named card box of issue, remnants of lacquer, nearly extremely fine
£600-800 Provenance: M. Haines Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2002.
William James Kempt Myers entered the Army as an Ensign in the Rifle Brigade on 25 January 1856, and having been posted to the 2nd Battalion, he joined the depot at Aldershot. He joined the battalion at the same place on its arrival from the Crimea in July 1856, and in June 1857 accompanied it to Dublin.
On the battalion proceeding to India in August 1857 he was left at the depot at Winchester, but he followed the corps to the East in the autumn of the following year. Joining the 2nd Battalion in Oudh, he served with it in the closing operations of the Sepoy War, 1858-59, in the Trans Gagra campaign, including the affair of Darji-ki-kua, and the operations on the frontier of Nepal (Medal).
On the conclusion of the campaign he accompanied the battalion to Lucknow, and on the 12th December 1859 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In the spring of the following year he proceeded with the corps to Subathu, whence in May 1860 he went on an excursion into the interior, towards the Snowy Range, and there, on the 6th of the succeeding month, he unfortunately lost his life, having been killed in an accidental fall over a precipice. His remains were brought into Simla, and there interred with military honours.
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Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Gunr. Geo. Clarke, 6th Bn. Bengal Art.) suspension re-fixed with brass rivet and no longer swivels, traces of brooch marks to obverse, good fine
£60-£80 332
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieutt. G. F. M. Phillips 30th Regt. N.I.) naming officially re-engraved in running script, good very fine
£200-£260
George Frederick Marrie Phillips was born at Calcutta on 9 October 1834, son of Colonel Phillis, 7th Bengal Cavalry. He was educated at Mr Gibson’s, Boulogne, and City School, Cologne. Nominated for the H.E.I.C. Army by R. Ellice and recommended by his father, he was examined and passed as a Cadet on 14 June 1854. He arrived in India on 3 November 1854 and was posted to the 11th Native Infantry; 30th Native Infantry 1855; Lieutenant, 23 November 1856; Kotah Contingent 1857. Served ‘with the Kotah Contingent from May 1857 until they mutinied. Present with the late 3rd European Regiment in the actions of 5th July and 10th October, also at Futtepore, Sikri and other minor actions. Horse killed under him. Served with Artillery Volunteer Battery in the Fort at Agra.’
Posted to 11th Punjab Infantry 1858; Adjutant Mhaiwarrah Local Battalion 1859; in command Mhaiwarrah Local Battalion 1860 until it was broken up and formed into Police in 1863; Assistant Commissioner Mhaiwarrah, 1861-62; 8th Native Infantry 1864; Captain, 5 July 1866; attached to Military School of Engineering, Chatham, for ten months and received certificates for signalling, telegraphy and submarine mining.
He died at Fyzabad on 4 January 1875. all lots are illustrated on our website
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