Single Campaign Medals 1096


Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Captain F. A. E. Loch 1st Regt. Light Cavalry) contemporary engraved naming in upright serif capitals, very fine


£300-£400


Francis Adam Ellis Loch was gazetted Cornet in the 1st Bombay Light Cavarly on 7 April 1844; Lieutenant, 8 May 1849; Captain, 29 May 1857. He was wounded at Nuserabad on 28 May 1857, an action that he later wrote about and which was published in The Indian Mutiny by Charles Ball:


‘Of course by the time this reaches you, you will have heard that these cursed Bengal troops have followed the example of their fellows at Delhi and Meerut. At about three p.m. on Thursday 28th, to our utter surprise, we were all roused by hearing guns fired in the infantry lines. Almost immediately afterwards, we were informed that the 15th and 30th regiments had mutinied, and were then in arms. We (that is, our Regiment) were ordered at once to the lines, we were in the saddles in less than half an hour, and on our way to the artillery lines, where some of the men had formed up, and, in conjunction with some of the artillery men, had manned the guns. As soon as we appeared, they opened a fire of grape and canister on us. We were ordered to charge the guns by successive troops. The left troop was in front, and, in company with part of my troop (No. 5) went gallantly at the battery. In this charge poor Spotiswode was killed, and myself wounded in two places, a sword cut on the left arm and a contusion from gunshot on my right chest, but, I am happy to say, neither bad wounds, as you may believe, when I am able again to assist in leading a charge. We made three or four successive charges, in which poor Newbury, a gallant youngster as ever lived, breathed his last, and Captain Hardy was wounded in the leg. Finding that the position in which the guns were placed (amongst bomb proof buildings) we were unable, through want of room, to do anything, we returned to our lines, and in the evening marched to Bewar, where we stayed two days. When we returned to camp yesterday, we found all quiet, and order is beginning to be restored. My brother I am happy to say, by some lucky accident, did not get a single wound, and is as well as can be; and although I have my arm in a sling, looking like an old Greenwich Pensioner, still I am not at all badly wounded, and will be again alright. I now ride and do all the Adjutant’s duties, so you can see it can’t be much. Our men are staunch Europeans, and behaved splendidly.’


Loch was promoted to Major in September 1866, to Lieutenant-Colonel in April 1870, to Major-General in May 1881, and awarded the C.B. He died in 1891, aged 64.


His group of three medals was sold by Dix Noonan Webb in July 2004, comprising Punjab, 1 clasp, Mooltam (renamed), Indian Mutiny, 1 clasp, Central India, and Abyssinia, these latter two correctly named.


1097


Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieutenant C. A. Loch 1st Regt. Light Cavalry.) contemporary engraved naming in upright serif capitals, very fine


£300-£400


Charles Adam Loch was born at Darnhall, Scotland, on 19 December 1830, one of four sons of Admiral Francis Erskine Loch. He was educated privately and sailed for India in October 1838, where he was posted as Ensign to the 1st Bombay Light Cavalry, becoming Lieutenant on 27 August 1844. He was present with his brother Captain F. A. E. Loch, of the same regiment, in the action against the mutineers at Nuserabad on 28 May 1857, when the 1st Bombay Light Cavalry made three or four gallant charges against a battery of guns. His brother afterwards wrote, ‘My brother I am happy to say, by some lucky accident, did not get a single wound, and is as well as can be.’


He was promoted to Captain in April 1860, to Major in October 1868, and to Lieutenant-Colonel in October 1874. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Loch died at sea, between Bombay and Aden in 1875 when he ‘Threw himself overboard on the voyage home during an attack of fever.’ (Hodson’s Card Index, National Army Museum, refers).


1098


Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. R, A. Stevenson, 4th C. 3rd Bn. Bombay Arty.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine


£400-£500


Russell Alexander Stevenson was born at Bombay on 25 February 1834, son of Lieutenant-Colonel T. Stevenson, Bombay Horse Artillery. He was educated at Cheltenham College and at Addiscombe from 7 June 1850. He obtained his first commission in the Bombay Artillery on 9 December 1852, and became a Lieutenant, 27 April 1858; Captain, 18 February 1861; Major, 5 July 1872; and Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 October 1877.


He served during the Indian Mutiny with No. 8 Native Battery at the action of Sanganeers, August 1858; commanded the left half of No. 8 Native Battery at the battle of Bunass, August 1858, under Major-General Sir Henry Roberts, K.C.B.; commanded the Rajpootana Camel Corps in the pursuit of the rebels through Rajpootana in 1858-59, and in the action of Koosuna, 10 February 1859, under Brigadier R. W. Honner, C.B. (Medal with clasp).


Brigadier Honner reported in his despatch: ‘I have the honour to report, for the information of the Major General Commanding the Malwa Division, that the force under my command, in continuation of the pursuit of the rebels, marched from its encampment at Gooanagh yesterday morning at two o’clock, and reached that of the rebels at five o’clock in the evening, at Kooshana. The rebels heard of our approach and instantly commenced a flight. On entering the sandy wastes on the borders of the Desert of Bikanair I found it necessary to leave the Horse Artillery at Dye, it would have been absolutely impossible to drag guns through that sandy country, even though eight or ten horses were attached to each. Our march from Gooanagh to this place was about 43 miles, 30 of it through a desert hilly tract of deep heavy sand. The detachments of Her Majesty’s 83rd and 12th Native Infantry, mounted on camels, in line in front. In this formation we went on at a sharp canter, the camels keeping their place in excellent order. During the last four days the force has marched 130 miles over tracts of deep heavy sand, most distressing to horses and baggage animals.


Their admirable conduct on this, as well as on every other circumstance of service, since the force took the field, and the discipline maintained in the several detachments by their officers, have been to me the source of much gratification, but it will be for the higher authorities, to whom I most earnestly recommend them, to appreciate and record in terms which may seem to them the most befitting the merits of these noble soldiers.


Camel Corps. Lieutenant Stevenson, Artillery, in charge. 69 rank and file.’


Stevenson served at Woolwich, Warley, Yarmouth and Shoeburyness from February till October 1861. He was appointed Staff Officer Royal Artillery, Mhow Division of the Army, 19 December 1861; Acting Adjutant, 21st Brigade Royal Artillery, 9 April 1862 to January 1864; in command of No. 1 Native Artillery, Aden, 30 June 1865. Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson, commanding the Royal Artillery at Ahmedabad, met his death from heat Apoplexy in about July 1879.


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