Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (John Paton, 1st. Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.) very fine £400-£500

John Paton attested for the for service with the H.E.I.C. at Cork on 18 March 1854 and arrived in Calcutta on 11 September 1854. Posted to the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers, he saw active service during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and subsequently volunteered for continued service in the 101st Regiment of Foot after the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers’ transfer to the British Army. Awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was finally discharged on 19 August 1873, after 21 years and 155 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers and other research.