Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VIINorman, Charles Boswell
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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
Norman, Charles Boswell
Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History
restoration to the Khedivial Government of those provinces which
had thrown off his rule in the great upheaval of 1884.
CASUALTIES AT THE BATTLE OF KHARTOUM.
+---------------------------+-----------+-----------+
| |_Officers._| _Men._ |
| _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
| | K. | W. | K. | W. |
+---------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|21st Lancers | 1 | 4 | 20 | 46 |
|1st Batt. Grenadier Guards | - | 1 | - | 4 |
|1st Batt. 5th Northum. F. | - | - | - | 2 |
|1st Batt. 6th R. Warwicks | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
|1st Batt. 10th Lincolns | - | 1 | - | 17 |
|2nd Batt. 20th Lancs Fus. | - | - | - | 6 |
|72nd Seaforth Highlanders | - | 1 | - | 17 |
|79th Cameron Highlanders | - | 2 | 2 | 27 |
|2nd Batt. Rifle Brigade | - | - | - | 8 |
|Egyptian Army | 2 | 8 | 18 | 273 |
+---------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
CHAPTER X
BATTLE HONOURS FOR SERVICES IN INDIA, 1803-1809
Ally-Ghur, 1803--Delhi, 1803-04--Assaye, 1803--Laswarree,
1803--Deig, 1803-04--Cochin, 1809.
FIRST MAHRATTA WAR, 1803-04.
In the _London Gazette_ of February 28, 1851, appeared a
notification that Her Majesty the Queen had been graciously pleased
to sanction the bestowal of a medal on the survivors of the First
Mahratta War of 1803-04. The following clasps were issued with this
medal, now generally known as the First Indian General Service
Medal. It was also bestowed on the survivors--few, indeed, in
numbers--of (1) the siege and capture of Seringapatam, by the force
under Lord Harris; (2) the Second Mahratta War, 1817-18; (3) the
campaign in Nepaul; (4) and that in Burmah, as well as on (5) the
troops who took Bhurtpore, under Lord Combermere, in 1826.
The following clasps were issued with the medal in connection with
the First Mahratta War:
1. Ally-Ghur.
2. Delhi.[12]
3. Assaye.
4. Asseerghur.
5. Laswarree.
6. Argaum.
7. Gawilghur.
8. Deig.[13]
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