Pair: Surgeon (Captain) J. Baptist, Indian Subordinate Medical Department

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Asst. Apothy. T. Baptist. Sub-Medl. Dept.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Surgn. Lt. J. Baptist I.S.M.D.) latter officially re-engraved, edge nicks and light contact marks, very fine (2) £240-£280

Timothy Baptist was born in India on 24 January 1849 in India, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Ambrose Emmanuel Baptist. He joined the Subordinate Medical Department, Bengal, on 16 August 1866, and was appointed Assistant Apothecary 1st Class on 10 January 1872. He served during the Second Afghan War at the Gara Heights near Kam Dakka, and was promoted Apothecary 2nd Grade on 12 June 1884, and Apothecary 1st Grade on 12 April 1889. He was commissioned Senior Assistant Surgeon (Honorary Lieutenant) on 23 August 1895, and died in Lahore on 8 April 1901 whilst holding the rank of Captain in the Indian Subordinate Medical Department.