Abyssinia 1867 (Asst. Surgn. A. F. Richmond, Bengal Army) good very fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late David Dixon.

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Archibald Fullerton Richmond was born on 15 January 1836. Gaining the L.R.C.S. at Edinburgh in 1857, he entered the Bengal Army becoming an Assistant Surgeon on 27 July 1858. Volunteering for the Abyssinian expedition, he was appointed to organise the 3rd Depot Hospital for service with the Abyssinian Field Force, which he duly did at Antulo. He subsequently proceeded to the front and assumed medical charge of the Belooch Regiment (later 27th Bombay N.I.) and was present at the affair at Arogee and the capture of Magdala. He was promoted to Surgeon on 27 July 1870 and Surgeon Major on 1 July 1873. He died at Baksa, Bhutan on 16 February 1874. Sold with a folder containing copied service details.