Campaign Groups and Pairs 90


Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Blanshard, 63rd Bengal Native Infantry


Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. J. H. Blanshard. 63rd. N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming, India; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Capt. J: H: Blanshard 63rd. Regt. N:I:) both with contemporary top silver riband bars, edge nicks and contact marks, very fine (2)


£1,200-£1,600


John Henry Blanshard was born in Northallerton, Yorkshire, on 3 September 1805, and was appointed a Cadet in the Honourable East India Company’s Army in 1823. Commissioned Ensign on 11 May 1824, he arrived in India on 8 October of that year, and was posted to the 63rd Native Infantry. He was present at the siege and capture of Bhurtpoor, and was promoted Captain on 14 October 1841. He saw further service during the First Sikh War, and was promoted Major on 19 January 1855. Invalided on 31 December 1855, he subsequently transferred to the Invalid Establishment.


Kemp retired on 15 December 1869, after over 45 years’ service, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 25 September 1878, shortly before his death on 26 April 1881.


Sold with copied research.


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Four: Sergeant George Bixby, 16th Lancers


Ghuznee 1839 (George Bixby, Corporal, H.M’s 16th Lancer) fitted with contemporary wide silver bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private George Bixby H.M. 16th Lancers) fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Geo: Bixby 16th Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (877 Sergeant George Bixby 16th Lancers) the three campaign medals each fitted with a small silver ring to enable recipient to secure the lower part of the medal to his tunic, light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4)


£2,400-£3,000 Provenance: J. B. Hayward & Son, May 1967, and sold with related correspondence.


George Bixby was born in the Parish of Melford, near Sudbury, Suffolk, and was attested for the 16th Lancers at Maidstone, Kent, on 20 October 1834, aged 19, a gardener by trade. He ‘served throughout the Campaign in Affghanistan in 1838/9 (Medal), also in the action at Maharajpore in Decr. 1843 (Star) at Aliwal in January 1846 (Medal) and at Sobraon in February 1846 (Clasp).’ He was discharged at his own request at Edinburgh on 4 May 1859, having ‘also received a silver medal & a gratuity of £10 for long & meritorious service.’


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