Single Campaign Medals 1068 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Thos. Tadd. 1st Bn. 13th Lt. Infy.) nearly extremely fine £260-£300


Thomas Tadd was born in Chippenham, Wiltshire, and attested for the 1st Battalion, 13th Light Infantry at Bath in August 1854. He served with the Battalion during the Indian Mutiny and was severely wounded at Toolsepore, 23 December 1858:


‘On the 6th December [1858], the regimental headquarters rejoined Brigadier Rowcroft’s force, which, on the 23rd of that month, routed a large body of the enemy under Bala Rao and other rebel leaders, at Toolsepore.


At the commencement of the action, Lord Mark Kerr was directed to deploy on the right of Captain Cadell’s battery, and advance against a village occupied by some of the rebel force under Bala Rao, on the left centre of the enemy’s line. His Lordship, finding that the left of the village outflanked his troops considerably, advanced covered by two companies, one in skirmishing order, the other in support on the right flank in echelon of sections to that flank. When the skirmishers arrived within fifty paces, having been reinforced by half of the supporting company, Lieutenant Gilbert, in command, ordered his men to fix bayonets, and with his subaltern, Lieutenant Sanderson, carried the place in gallant style, bayoneting or shooting between thirty and forty gunners, and taking one six-pounder brass gun, with limber complete. Most of the defenders of the line of this village retreated at first very steadily; one sepoy, close to Lieutenant Gilbert, as he walked away, shooting himself dead. By the time the Regiment came up, though immediately afterwards, the whole place had been abandoned. On clearing the left flank of the village, a large rebel force of cavalry and infantry was discovered, said to be the troops of the Ranee of Toolsepore, estimated at between three and four thousand men, with one gun, which they had withdrawn to their rear, under cover of dohl and wood, some thousand yards to the right front of the British.


Lord Mark Kerr threw out skirmishers to cover his right flank, and keep the enemy at a distance. The 13th advanced in direct echelon from the left. When this was done, the rebels had disappeared, having moved farther towards the right rear of the advancing troops, and no more was seen of them. Brigadier Rowcroft, C.B., came up at the same time, and, by his orders, an advance in column was made towards Toolsepore.’ (Historical Record of the Thirteenth, Prince Albert’s Light Infantry refers)


Tadd was ‘severely wounded by a musket ball in the action at Toolsepore… in the right shin bone - the bone was splintered, but no separation of the pieces took place. The bullet is still supposed to be in the limb, it has never been extricated. Even now in December 1860 there is much wasting of the leg.’ (Service papers refer)


Tadd was discharged ‘Medically Unfit’ as a result of his wound, 20 September 1861, having served 6 years and 339 days with the Colours.


1069


Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Ensn. W. Howay, Attd. 32nd L.I.) note spelling of surname, good very fine £400-£500


William Howey was born at Barnstaple, Devon, on 7 August 1838, and was educated at Lycée de St Omer and Kensington Grammar School. He was nominated for the H.E.I.C. Army by Ross Mangles M.P. and recommended by Mr Welby Jackson. He was examined and passed on 7 December 1857, to do Duty as Ensign with H.M.’s 32nd Foot. In February 1858 he was posted to the 42nd Bengal Native Infantry. During the Indian Mutiny he served with the 32nd Foot, with the column under Brigadier Berkley, C.B., and was present at the capture of the Fort of Tyroul, action of Jugdespore, surrender of the Forts of Ahmetie and Shunkpore, and pursuit of Beni Madho (Medal).


Howey was promoted to Lieutenant in August 1858 and rose steadily through the ranks to become Colonel in August 1882, and Major- General in August 1893. He retired the following year to reside in London where, in December 1909, he was the subject of an attempted burglary as reported in the Bedfordshire Mercury on 24 December:


‘Burglars made an attempt to enter three residences in Medley Road, Ealing, and in each instance they were disturbed. At No. 84 which is occupied by Major General Howey, they forced the pantry window, but electric alarm bells had been fitted throughout the house, and immediately the window was opened the bells commenced ringing. Major General Howey, in answer to the alarm, went downstairs, taking a revolver with him, and by means of a light he observed a shadow in the garden. The General, it is reported, discharged his revolver, and the intruders made off.’


Major-General William Howey died in Bournemouth on 18 July 1924, aged 86.


1070


Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Asst. Surgn. A, H. Fraser H.Ms. 75th Regt.) toned, good very fine


£400-£500


Archibald Henry Fraser was born on 18 May 1827 at Arisag, Invernesshire, third son of John Fraser, formerly an officer in the Glengarry Fencibles and factor for the Lovat estates in Morar, who was accidentally drowned in July 1834, while returning to Arisaig from the Island of Eigg. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon on 21 February 1851, and attached to the 92nd Highlanders, then stationed in Ireland. Two years later he joined the 75th Regiment and served with it until promoted to Staff Surgeon 2nd Class on 26 January 1858.


He was Assistant Surgeon at Murree Sanatorium and was present during the insurrection at Murree in September 1857 and accompanied the force which proceeded against the refractory villagers collected on Kohl-Dunnah Hill. The force then stationed at the Convalescent Depot composed of details from various regiments under the command of Captain G. Berry, 24th Foot.


This incident is further described in The Indian Mutiny by T. Rice Holmes:


‘It happened that Lady Lawrence was staying at the hill station of Murree. On the 1st of September one of her native servants warned the Assistant Commissioner to expect an attack that night. The information was perfectly true. The turbulent hill men of the district had been incited to make the attack by some Hindustani Mohammedans, who had worked successfully upon their religious passions and love of plunder. In the dead of night they came, expecting an easy victory, but, encountering a determined resistance from the police and a few Europeans who were living at the station, they stopped short, and, after a brief skirmish, fled. Many of them were pursued and taken.’


In 1859 he exchanged into the 88th Regiment, and in 1871 into the 40th Regiment. In 1877 he was selected for administrative duty as principal medical officer with the British troops in Burma, and was in the same year promoted Deputy Surgeon-General. After serving in various parts of India, during which his duties were often incessant and of the most arduous nature, he contracted malarial fever, and was transferred in 1881 to the Rawal Pindee Division. In the following year he was ordered to England, and on arrival was posted as principal medical officer at the Currugh Camp, from which, in 1883, he was transferred to Dublin to officiate as principal medical officer for Ireland. In October 1884 he was ordered to Gibraltar, was promoted Surgeon-General, and in May 1887 was placed on retired pay. ‘His only war decoration is the Indian Mutiny Medal.’ He was appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen in 1899, and to the King in 1901. Surgeon-General Fraser died at Slough, Berkshire, on 5 July 1903.


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