India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (1787 Pte. G. Dousell [sic] 2d. Bn. Devon. Regt.) surname partially officially corrected, minor edge bruise, good very fine £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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George Dowsell was born in Yate, Iron Acton, Gloucestershire in 1863. A labourer by occupation, he attested for the Devonshire Regiment at Bristol on 8 September 1887. He disembarked with the 2nd Battalion at Rangoon in December 1890 and took part in the Wuntho Expedition from 16 February to 30 April 1891, and was present at the attack on Kyaingkwintaung Stockade on 22 February 1891, during which the Battalion suffered 13 men killed and wounded; Dowsell was amongst the casualties, being wounded by gun shot to his left wrist and grazed on right breast at Kyaingkwintaung Stockade, and was admitted to hospital at Mandalay on 5 March 1891. He transferred to the Reserve in September 1895 and was finally discharged on 7 September 1899, after 12 years’ service. George Dowsell died at Harefield on 2 April 1946, aged 83.

Sold with copied record of service and other research.