The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals (Part 1)

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Asst. Surgn. R. Banbury, Indn. Naval Brigde.) fitted with contemporary ribbon buckle, toned, extremely fine

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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Assistant Surgeon Richard Banbury served with No. 7 Brigade. This Detachment was not formed until April 1858, partly from officers and men of the first such party to be sent up country [No. 2 Brigade] drawn mainly from AUCKLAND and SEMIRAMIS. The remainder were made up of seamen drafted from the Indian Naval depot at Fort William, Calcutta. The former commanding officer of No. 2 Brigade, Lieutenant G. O’Brien Carew, ex First Lieutenant of AUCKLAND, was appointed to command No. 7 Brigade. This Brigade was sent by rail up country, completing its journey on foot to Sasseram, in time to take part in Brigadier Corfield’s operations against Koer Singh in the Jugdespore district at Peroo on 11 May 1858, alongside a portion of Captain Peel’s Brigade under Lieutenant Edward Hay R.N. The Brigade remained in being until May 1859 when it was paid off and disbanded at Dumdum. Banbury made a late claim for his medal in April 1864.