Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major H. D. Marsh, 82nd Regiment

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. H. D. Marsh. 82nd Regt.) engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasps (Lieut. H. D. Marsh, 82nd Regt.) light contact marks, therefore generally very fine (2) £400-£500

Henry Dyke Marsh was the son of Captain E. Marsh, Indian Army, of Ivychurch, Kent and Nethersole, Somerset. He was commissioned Ensign in the 82nd Foot in September 1854, and advanced to Lieutenant in July the following year. Marsh served with the Regiment in the Crimea from 2 September 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol.

Marsh served in the North West Provinces during the Indian Mutiny, and was present at the operations at Cawnpore under Windham (where he had his horse disabled whilst serving as Acting Orderly Officer), and the defeat there of the Gwalior Contingent (6 December 1857) by Lord Clyde; also being present at the action of Kala, Nuddee, the occupation of Futtehghur, capture of Bareilly, relief of Shahjehanpore, actions of Khankur and Bunkagaon, and the affairs of Mahomdee and Shahabad.

Marsh advanced to Captain in March 1863, and retired with the rank of Major. He was subsequently appointed a Military Knight of Windsor, and died in August 1907.