Orders, Decorations and Medals

India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Hazara 1888, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891 (1612 Pte. J. Tunstead, 2d Bn. R. Ir. R.) carriage repaired between 1st and 2nd clasps, unofficial connections between 2nd and 3rd clasps, edge bruising, good very fine £260-300

John Tunstead was born in the Parish of St. James near the town of Graigue, Co. Carlow. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Royal Irish Regiment at Dublin on 28 January 1884, aged 21 years. With the regiment he served in Malta, April 1884-January 1885 and India, January 1885-November 1891. Transferred to Army Reserve in November 1891, he was discharged in January 1896 but re-attested in the Reserve in April that year. As such he was recalled to the Colours in January 1900 and served in South Africa. Discharged on 8 February 1901, he died in Dublin on 22 April 1947. With copied service papers and research. The above clasps confirmed. Also entitled to the Queen’s South Africa with clasps for Cape Colony, Witterbergen, Belfast.