Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Commissary L. Walters, Supply & Transport Corps, late 75th Regiment, Dorsetshire Regiment and Wiltshire Regiment

India General Service 1854-95, 5 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Hazara 1888, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891 (Staff Sergt. L. Walters, Transport Deptt.); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Conductor L. Walters, S. & T. Corps) mounted as worn, generally very fine and rare (2) £900-£1,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Paul Bentley Collection.

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Lewis Walters, who was born in the East Indies, originally enlisted in the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment at Weymouth, Dorsetshire in January 1876, where a detachment of the regiment was then serving. Embarked for the East Indies in October 1878, he gained rapid advancement and was appointed a Colour-Sergeant in the Dorsetshire Regiment in April 1881, his service record further noting his brief transferral to the Wiltshires in late 1885.

It was about this time he was taken on the strength of the Supply and Transport Corps, in which capacity he witnessed active service in the Burma operations of 1885-88 (Medal with 2 clasps). He was next employed in the Hazara operations of 1888 (clasp), in which he won a mention in despatches (G.G.O. 978 of 1888, refers) and promotion to Sub. Conductor; likewise in the Hazara and Samana operations of 1891 (2 clasps), the latter campaign leading to another “mention” (G.G.O. 632 of 1891, refers) and his advancement to Conductor. Finally, in the summer of 1900, he was present at the relief of Pekin (Medal with clasp), which services were recognised by his promotion to Deputy Assistant Commissary.

Walters, who passed his examinations in elementary Hindustani and Burmese in the late 1890s, was placed on the Retired List as a Commissary in November 1910.

Sold with copied service record and relevant G.G.Os.