Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Captain F. E. Manning, 16th Regt. Grenadiers) fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £450-500

Francis Edward Manning was born at Sidmouth, Devon, on 19 May 1803. He served as an Ensign in the Bengal European Regiment 1819-20, before being posted as Lieutenant to the 2/10th N.I. in 1821, and as Interpreter and Quartermaster to the 1/10th N.I. in October 1823. He transferred to the 16th N.I. (late 2/10th) in May 1824, was promoted to Captain in January 1829, and to Brevet Major in April 1844. He served at the capture of Ghuznee in 1839 (Medal); in command of a convoy proceeding to Cabul, 23 July 1841, and in Nott’s advance on Cabul in 1842 (Medal); and at the battle of Maharajpoor in 1843 (despatches London Gazette 8 March 1844; Bronze Star). Major Manning died at Etawah on 8 October 1844.