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

The scarce Chin Hills campaign medal to Sergeant George Bishop, Norfolk Regiment

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin Hills 1892-93 (1869 G. Bishop, 1st Bn. Norfolk Regt.) very fine £500-600

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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George Charles Bishop was born in the Parish of Troston, near Ixworth, Suffolk, and enlisted for the Norfolk Regiment at East Dereham, Norfolk, on 15 November 1886, aged 22, formerly a groom by trade. He arrived in India in August 1889 as a Lance-Corporal, being promoted to Corporal in February 1891, and to Sergeant in February 1892. He accompanied the Norfolk Regiment on the Chin Hills Expedition of 1892-93, the only British troops employed on this expedition. Transferred to the 1st Class Army Reserve in October 1894, Bishop was discharged after 12 years service on 21 October 1898.

Ref: WO 97/2309.