Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Ensign B. D. Musgrave. 87th. Regt.) with top Bailey, Coventry, silver riband bar, edge nicks, good very fine £300-£400

Benjamin d’Urban Musgrave was born in Antigua, West Indies, on 8 January 1836 and was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot on 25 January 1856. He served with the Regiment in the North West Province of India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was promoted Lieutenant, by purchase, on 15 March 1858. He transferred to the 3rd West Indian Regiment on 27 May 1862 and, after going on half-pay, transferred again to the 48th Regiment of Foot on 20 February 1866, and was promoted Captain, by purchase, in the 9th Regiment of Foot 10 August 1870. He subsequently served as an Aide-de-Camp in South Australia from 29 September 1873, and exchanged in to the 13th Regiment of Foot on 11 July 1874. He retired with the rank of Major, and died in Grahamstown, South Africa, on 14 December 1917.

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