India General Service 1854-95 (2), 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (... Pte. J. Milbank, 1st Bn. D.C. L...) another, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (1054 Sepoy Alim Shah, 4th Punjab Infy.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2)
£160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Donald G. Mellen Collection.

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James Milbank was born in Newington Butts, Surrey. A Carman by occupation and a member of the 3rd Battalion East Surrey Regiment, he attested for the General Service Infantry at London on 16 January 1883, aged 19 years, 1 month. Posted to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, he served in Egypt, December 1883-June 1886 and India, February 1888-March 1895. Served in the Nile Expedition, 1884-85 - awarded the Egypt Medal with clasp, The Nile 1884-85; and the Wuntho Field Force Expedition 1891 - awarded the above medal. Discharged in April 1895. With copied service papers and roll extracts.