Single Campaign Medals 333 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. Somerville, 61st N.P.I.) nearly extremely fine £300-£400
Marcus Richard Somerville was born in Dublin on 3 November 1823, and educated at Shrewsbury Public School. He entered the Bengal Army in 1841, arrived in India in September of the same year, and at the end of the following month was ordered up to Benares to do duty with the 9th N.I., but before he could join that regiment he was posted, 13 November, to the 61st N.I., and, proceeding onwards, he joined this corps at Agra in December. Early in 1843 he accompanied the 61st into Bundelkhand, where he was employed for some months in the suppression of the insurrection in that province. In April 1843 he marched with the regiment to Jubbulpore, and having afterwards served with it at Simiria and Kalinjar, he accompanied it to Nagode in March 1845. In April 1846 he proceeded on leave to Almora, whence he rejoined the regiment at Barrackpore in March 1847, and in the following October he went home on furlough on urgent private affairs.
Returning to India in April 1850, he rejoined the 61st at Lucknow, whence in the spring of 1855 he marched with the corps to Jullundur. In November 1856 he went on sick leave to Simla and Mussoorie, and he was still on leave when, in June 1857, his regiment mutinied and went off to Delhi. He returned to Jullundur in November 1857, and in August 1858 he was sent from Lahore to Karachi in command of a strong detachment detailed to escort to the port of embarkation mutineer convicts sentenced to transportation beyond seas. He subsequently returned to Jullundur, and continued serving there until the spring of 1859, when, having been appointed acting Second-in-Command of the 1st Sikh Infantry, he proceeded and joined that corps in Oudh, thereafter serving with it in the closing operations against the rebels and mutineers on the frontiers of Nepal (Medal).
He afterwards accompanied the regiment to Gonda, whence in October 1859 he marched with it (on escort duty with the Viceroy) en route to the Punjab, and in January 1860, while still in progress, he was appointed Officiating Commandant of that corps. Eventually, towards the close of the following March, he arrived with the corps at Bannu, and having about that time been relieved of the office of Officiating Commandant, he was appointed Officiating Second-in-Command of the 5th Punjab Infantry; in this appointment he was made permanent on the 3rd of the succeeding month, and having joined the regiment on its arrival at Kohat on the 11th, he was immediately afterwards appointed to officiate as Commandant. He continued officiating in this post until March 1861, when he was appointed Officiating Commandant of the 3rd Punjab Infantry, which corps he joined soon afterwards at Dera Ghazi Khan. In January 1862 he was admitted into the Bengal Staff Corps, with effect from the 18th February 1861, and he continued officiating as Commandant of the 3rd Punjab Infantry until his death, which occurred at Dera Ghazi Khan on 3 September 1962.
334 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Ensn. J. E, Kennedy, 74th N.I. Attd. 1st Bengal Eurn. Regt.) very fine £400-£500
James Edward Kennedy was born at Chugrabanda on 5 February 1841, eldest son of Major-General J. D. Kennedy, Bengal Army. He was appointed Ensign in the 74th Bengal Native Infantry on 12 June 1858, which regiment had mutinied at Delhi on 11 May the previous year. On the outbreak of the Mutiny the Cadets of the H.E.I.C. Forces, mostly boys of sixteen or seventeen, known throughout India as ‘Griffins’ or ‘Little Griffs’ were attached to various regiments, as most of the regiments they were to have joined had mutinied. Hence, Kennedy was attached to the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers and served with them during the Oude campaign of 1858-59 (Medal).
Whilst serving in the 11th Bengal Native Infantry during the campaign in Bhootan, he died of cholera at Julpesh, near Julpigoorie, on 21 May 1865. He is commemorated by name on the memorial to the Bhootan Field Force 1864-65 at St Paul’s Cathedral, Calcutta.
‘Lieutenant Kennedy, who had joined us, died on the march from cholera. The heat was excessive, sultry and oppressive to a degree, as rain fell during the night, and a very hot sun succeeded it in the morning, and added to this a perfect stillness in the air made it almost unbearable’ (Recollections of a Lucknow Veteran by J. Ruggles refers).
335
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Serjt. Peter Pender, 1st Bn. Bengal Art.) toned, about extremely fine
£1,800-£2,200
Peter Pender (listed as ‘Pindar’ on latest published transcription of casualty roll) served in the original defence, during which he was wounded, 12 July 1857, and died of his wounds, 22 August 1857.
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Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Gr. & Dr. Danl. Smiley, 12th Bn. R. Arty.) suspension claw tightened, very fine
£260-£300
Daniel Smiley was born in Ballymena, Country Antrim, in 1838. He attested for the Royal Artillery in February 1856, and served with the 5th Company, 12th Battalion during the Indian Mutiny. Smiley advanced to Bombardier in November 1867, and to Sergeant in February 1871. He was discharged, 5 June 1877, having served 21 years and 39 days.
The 5th Company, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery received the Honour Title “Strange’s Battery” for their action near Doadpore (20 October 1858) when two guns, under the command of Lieutenant T. B. Strange, outran their own cavalry, drove over a gun emplacement, routed the enemy and captured their guns.
337
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (G, Steer, 1st Batn. 10th Regt.) suspension post re-fixed, considerable edge bruising and contact wear, therefore good fine
£300-£360
George Steer (Stear) was born in the Parish of Pluckley, Kent, and attested for the 10th Foot at Rochester on 17 November 1853, aged 19 years, a labourer by trade. He served in the East Indies, 4 years 7 months; Cape of Good Hope, 1 year 8 months; St Helena, 1 year 6 months; Japan, 3 years 7 months; China, 1 year 3 months; and Straits Settlements, 1 year 8 months. He was promoted to Corporal in March 1863, to Sergeant in October 1866, and appointed Colour-Sergeant in April 1869, and at the time of his discharge on 1 December 1874, was in possession of ‘the Good Conduct Medal and the Indian Mutiny Medal with Clasp for Lucknow’. Colour- Sergeant Steer died at Gillingham, Kent, on 23 November 1912, aged 77. He was a regular member of the Old Comrade’s Association and attended many of their Annual Dinners in his later years. He is frequently mentioned and photographed in the 10th Lincolnshire O. C.A. Annual Report, copies of which accompany his medal together with copied discharge papers.
338 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Serjt. Geo. Palmer, 2nd Bn Rifle Bde) very fine £260-300
George Palmer was born in St. GIles, London, in 1827. He attested for the Rifle Brigade at the city of his birth in July 1846. Palmer served with the 2nd Battalion during the Crimea campaign (entitled to Medal with ‘Alma’, ‘Inkermann’ and ‘Sebastopol’ clasps), and advanced to Sergeant in May 1855. He was appointed Acting Barrack Sergeant in July 1859, and was discharged, 5 May 1868, having served 21 years and 290 days with the Colours.
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