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INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL 1857-58, 42ND. ROYAL HIGHLANDERS, OFFICER :
Bar, 'Lucknow', officially impressed naming - Ensn. W.H.SPOONER, 42nd. Rl. Highlanders (Black Watch) : (WILLIAM HENRY SPOONER - Was born around 1834 and granted a Commission by purchase as Ensign with 42nd.( Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) on 9 October 1855 : 'Served in the campaign of 1857-58 against the Mutineers in India, including the actions at Kudygunge and Shumsabad, siege and fall of Lucknow and assault of the Martiniere and Banks' Bungalow, attack on the fort of Rooyab, action at Allygunge, attack and capture of Bareilly.' : On 9 April 1861 he transferred into the 9th.(East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot and was promoted to Lieutenant without purchase : In 1862 he transferred again, this time as Lieutenant in the 90th. Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) : He was placed on Half Pay from 27 February 1867 whilst still serving with 90th.Regiment : He is believed to have died at Blougen on the Rhine, Germany in November 1870.) : Sold with verification, copy Army List and London Gazette entries, other related research and a short length of very fragile original silk ribbon : GVF - £745