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

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Three: Colonel W.W. Woodward, Royal Artillery, Late<br />

Bombay Artillery<br />

Empress of India 1877, edge engraved in large serif capitals<br />

‘Major W.W. Woodward. Comg. II/II Mountain Battery<br />

Royal Artillery.’; India General Service 1854-95, one clasp,<br />

Persia (Lieut. W.W. Woodward. Artillery), with<br />

contemporary top silver rib<strong>and</strong> buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-<br />

59, no clasp (Lieutenant W.W. Woodward, Bombay<br />

Artillery.), nearly extremely fine, with the recipient’s related<br />

miniature awards for the two <strong>campaign</strong> <strong>medals</strong>; <strong>and</strong> various<br />

cloth rank insignia (3)<br />

£1,200-1,600<br />

Colonel Walter William Woodward, born May 1834;<br />

Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Bombay Artillery, June 1852;<br />

served with the Bombay Artillery in Persia 1856-57, <strong>and</strong> present at<br />

the Battle of Kooshab; promoted Lieutenant, April 1858, <strong>and</strong> saw<br />

further service during the Indian Mutiny, including the action on<br />

the Taringa Hills at Mybeekanta <strong>and</strong> Goozerat; promoted Captain,<br />

February 1861; transferred to the Royal Artillery <strong>and</strong> subsequently<br />

appointed Adjutant, March 1866; promoted Major, July 1872;<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel, October 1877; Colonel, October 1881;<br />

retired, May 1889.<br />

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