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<strong>orders</strong>, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria<br />

251 252 253<br />

251<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Qr. Master Jas. Irvin.<br />

Pearl.), good very fine<br />

£550-650<br />

Quarter Master James Irvin, born Gosport, Hampshire, October<br />

1816; enlisted in the Royal Navy, September 1837; advanced<br />

Quarter Master, serving in H.M.S. Algiers, December 1854;<br />

transferred to H.M.S. Pearl, February 1856; retired June 1859.<br />

252<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (G. Bennett 2nd<br />

Dragoon Guards), unit partially re-impressed, very fine<br />

£120-160<br />

225 Private George Bennett, born Guildford, Surrey, 1833;<br />

enlisted in the 2nd Dragoon Guards, December 1856; discharged,<br />

September 1875, after 18 years <strong>and</strong> 220 days with the Colours, of<br />

which 12 years were spent in India.<br />

253<br />

Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Josh. Hughes. 82nd.<br />

Regt.), suspension claw tightened, contact marks, therefore<br />

nearly very fine<br />

£120-160<br />

2392 Private Joseph Hughes, born Glenoe, Co. Tyrone, Irel<strong>and</strong>,<br />

1828; enlisted in the 82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment<br />

of Foot, February 1846; served with the Regiment in the Crimea<br />

(Medal <strong>and</strong> clasp for Sebastopol <strong>and</strong> Turkish Medal), <strong>and</strong> in India<br />

for ten years; discharged, May 1868, after 21 years <strong>and</strong> 296 days<br />

with the Colours.<br />

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