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Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Gunr. Wm. Failes, 1st Bde. Bengl. H. Art.) good very fine £180-220
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Artillery Units formed by Lt-Col. A.M. Macfarlane.
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William Failes served with 2 Troop 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery, until his death in hospital at Lucknow on 9 May 1858. Two officers of the Troop, Tombs and Hills, won the Victoria Cross in July 1857, and the unit was subsequently awarded the Honour Title “Tombs’s Troop”.
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