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№ 157

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15 October 2020

Hammer Price:
£900

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (H. Storey. 61st Regt.) good very fine £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Gloucestershire Regiment.

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Hugh Storey was killed in action before Delhi on 2 August 1857. The regimental history records, ‘One man of the 61st Regiment was killed by a round-shot, which in its course also knocked over some sandbags which sent Lieutenant Hutton flying about seven feet.’