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THE REVEREND PHILIP HORTON LE FEBVRE, BOMBAY ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT:
Afghaniastan War Medal 1878-80, no bar (Rev. P.H.Le Febvre, Bo.Eccl. Estt.), correct style of engraved naming, mounted on original ribbon: (PHILIP HORTON LE FEBVRE - Born 1842 at St.Peter, Jersey, Channel Islands, the son of Peter John Le Febvre: Entered Queen's College Oxford, 13 December 1860: Graduated 1865, Batchelor of Arts: Ordained as Angelican Priest 1867 and served in various posts in England prior to joining the Bombay Ecclesiastical Establishment in 1869: Served at Neemuch 1870-71; Nasirabad 1871-73; Surat 1874-75; Rajkot and Bhuj 1875-77; Baroda 1877-78 and Satara 1879-80: Senior Chaplain from 1879: Attached as Chaplain to the Quetta Field Force 1880-81 and served in the Second Afghan War: Was at Deolali 1881-83; Byculla, Bombay 1885-86 and then again finally at Deolali 1888-89: Left India in 1890 and returned to Jersey where he resided at Burnham Hall, St Aubin: Recorded in the Census of 1911 as Retired Chaplain, Indian Establishment.) Sold with verification; copy entry Crockford's Clerical Directory 1911; copy Army Llst entries and copy of a portrait in which the recipient is shown wearing his campaign medal: Rare EF - £795