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INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL 1857-58 : ROYAL ARTILLERY OFFICER : :
No bar, officially impressed naming - Lieut. E. EGAN, 4th.Cy. 14th.Bn. RA. : (EDWARD EGAN - Born County Meath, Ireland on 18 July 1834, the sixth son of the Reverend Michael Egan, Rector of Lemanaghan, King's County : Granted a Commission in the Royal Artillery with the temporary rank of Lieutenant from 21 September 1855 and posted to 4th.Company, 14th.Battalion : Embarked for India in the Troopship 'Sydney' landing at Calcutta on 16 November 1857 : In December 1857 the Company moved to Allahabad, where it served during 1858, and was involved in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny (Medal) : The recipient returned to England in 1863 and subsequently served in several Batteries around the country : On 12 July 1864 at St Margaret's Church, Lee, Kent, he married Eliza Lewin (the widow of Lieutenant E.P. Lewin) : EGAN was promoted to the rank of 2nd.Captain from 18 September 1864 and posted to 7th.Battery, 5th.Brigade, Royal Artillery : The Battery moved to Woolwich on 7 March 1865 and EGAN and his family took residence at 'May Cottage', Whitworth Road, Plumstead, Kent, where on 5 August 1866 his wife gave birth to a daughter, Edith Catherine : On 18 October 1866, EGAN died at his residence of consumption and on 23 October was buried with full military honours at the New Cemetery, Charlton adjoining the Royal Artillery Garrison, a heavy granite tombstone was later erected by his brother Officers : He was 32 years of age : On the day of his funeral, his infant daughter to whom he was much attached also died, it was stated she died of excessive grief, she was just two months and eighteen days old : She was buried in the same coffin as her father.) Sold with verification, copy Service Record, copy photograph of the recipient taken from the original presently in the Nicholls Collection at the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich and other related research : EF - £645