Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (122 Driver W. Carrod B.Bde. R.H.A.) very fine £60-£80

William Carrod was born at Stanwell, near Staines, Middlesex, in 1835. He attested at Woolwich for the Royal Horse Artillery on 20 January 1853, witnessing five months’ service in Turkey, and nearly four years in India, including operations in central India with “D” Battery under Major-General Sir J. Michael during the Great Sepoy Mutiny. Distinguished in marching as much as fighting, “D” Battery were heavily engaged in ‘clear up’ operations, notably the pursuit of a band of mutineers on New Year’s Day of 1859, one of the last actions of the war.

Discharged at Woolwich on 22 April 1874, Carrod’s Army Service Record notes a number of indiscretions including two days in the cells and eight entries in the Regimental Defaulter’s book. Four times recommended for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal between 1872 and 1875, it was finally approved on 1 January 1876.

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