The Brian Ritchie Collection of H.E.I.C. and British India Medals

The Ghuznee Cabul campaign medal to Gunner John Walsh, 1st Troop Bombay Horse Artillery

Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Gunner John Walsh, 1st Troop Horse Brigade Bombay Arty.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, good very fine £350-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Ritchie Collection of H.E.I.C. and British India Medals.

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138 medals to this unit.

John Walsh, a native of Kilglassin, Castlebar, county Mayo, enlisted at Westminster on 20 November 1833, aged 20 years, for unlimited service in the East India Company’s Artillery. He joined the East India Company recruit depot at Broughton Barracks, Chatham, on 5 December 1833, where he was allocated to Bombay. Walsh deserted on 1 January 1834 but was recovered on 11 September and tried by district court martial on 19 September 1834. He embarked for Bombay on the Thomas Coutts on 27 February 1835, where he arrived on 6 July and was posted as Gunner to the Bombay Horse Artillery. He served with the 1st Troop Bombay Horse Artilery in Afghanistan as part of Major-General Nott’s force that marched from Candahar on Ghuznee and Cabul in August 1842. Gunner John Walsh died on 13 September 1843. His estate of 66 rupees 7 annas 2 pice was paid to his widow Anne on 31 December 1843.

Refs: IOR L/MIL/9/31; L/MIL/12/110; L/MIL/12/165.