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Medals from a Mutiny Collection
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Pair: Major-General E. L. Hawkins, Bengal Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Central India, Lucknow, clasps mounted in this order (Lieut. E. L. Hawkins, 1st. Bn. Bengal Art.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, light contact marks, very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. Edward Lindsay Hawkins was born in Calcutta on 29 May 1832 and was educated at Heavitree Grammar School. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, he served with the Bengal Artillery as part of the Turkish Contingent under General Vivian from 20 March 1855 to 2 June 1856, one of 202 Officers of the Honourable East India Company’s Army that volunteered for service during the Crimean War (only entitled to the Turkish Crimea Medal). Promoted Lieutenant on 27 March 1855, Hawkins served with the 3rd company, 1st Battalion Bengal Artillery in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was present at Cawnpore on 6 December 1857; at the Alum Bagh at Lucknow on 11 March 1858; at Shamshahbad on 27 June 1858, and at Calpee. Promoted Captain on 18 February 1861, and Major on 5 July 1872, he was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 31 December 1878, and Colonel on 31 December 1882; and retired with the honorary rank of Major-General on 1 June 1886. Sold with copied research.
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Pair: Major-General E. L. Hawkins, Bengal Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Central India, Lucknow, clasps mounted in this order (Lieut. E. L. Hawkins, 1st. Bn. Bengal Art.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, light contact marks, very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. Edward Lindsay Hawkins was born in Calcutta on 29 May 1832 and was educated at Heavitree Grammar School. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, he served with the Bengal Artillery as part of the Turkish Contingent under General Vivian from 20 March 1855 to 2 June 1856, one of 202 Officers of the Honourable East India Company’s Army that volunteered for service during the Crimean War (only entitled to the Turkish Crimea Medal). Promoted Lieutenant on 27 March 1855, Hawkins served with the 3rd company, 1st Battalion Bengal Artillery in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was present at Cawnpore on 6 December 1857; at the Alum Bagh at Lucknow on 11 March 1858; at Shamshahbad on 27 June 1858, and at Calpee. Promoted Captain on 18 February 1861, and Major on 5 July 1872, he was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 31 December 1878, and Colonel on 31 December 1882; and retired with the honorary rank of Major-General on 1 June 1886. Sold with copied research.
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