War Medals and Their HistorySteward, William Augustus
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War Medals and Their History
Steward, William Augustus
Great Britain. Army -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
=Hazara, 1891.=--In 1891 trouble again broke out in the Black Mountain
district, and another punitive expedition under Major-General Ellis was
necessary in order to compel that respect for British authority which
it was believed the campaign that had only concluded about sixteen
months previously had succeeded in achieving. The expedition set out on
March 12th, and took a couple of months to bring the tribes to their
senses. On May 16th they surrendered unconditionally, hostilities were
concluded, and the troops returned.
The Hazara Field Force of 1891 comprised the 1st Royal Welsh
Fusiliers; 2nd Seaforth Highlanders; 1st King's Royal Rifles; 6 men
of the 2nd Manchester; Nos. 1 and 9 Mountain Batteries of the Royal
Artillery; 4th Sikh Infantry; 5th Goorkas; 11th, 19th, 27th, 28th, and
37th Bengal Infantry; Bengal Sappers and Miners; 32nd Punjab Pioneers;
Infantry of the Guides Corps, and the 2nd Derajat Mountain Battery.
The I.G.S. 1854 Medal was given in silver to the troops, and in bronze
to authorised camp followers, with bar inscribed HAZARA 1891. Those
already in possession of the medal had the bar attached thereto.
=Burma, 1889-92.=--During the years 1889-90-1-2 a series of expeditions
was organised to put down disturbances in Burma and Lushai; for the
services rendered by the various forces the India Medal 1854, with
bars for BURMA 1889-92 and LUSHAI 1889-92, were issued to the troops
who took part in the following expeditions: The Pokhau expedition
from April 16th to May 16th, 1889; Touhon expedition from September
17th, 1889, to April 1890; Chinbok Column, January 1st to 20th, 1890;
Thetta Column, January 1st to 4th, 1891; Chinbok Column, January 8th to
February 14th, 1891; Morneik Column, January 27th to March 28th, 1891;
Wuntho Field Force, February 18th to May 7th, 1891; Tlang-Tlang Column,
March 29th to April 3rd, 1891; Baungshe Column, December 25th, 1891, to
February 29th, 1892; Irrawaddy Column, December 15th, 1891, to April
18th, 1892; North-Eastern Column, December 15th, 1891, to April 7th,
1892.
=Lushai, 1889-92.=--The medal with bar LUSHAI 1889-92 was awarded to
the officers and men comprising the Lushai Expeditionary Force from
January 11th to May 5th, 1889; the relieving force under Lieutenants
Swinton, Cole, and Watson, which went to the assistance of the forts
Ayal and Changsil when attacked by the Lushais, September 9th to
December 9th, 1890; the expedition under Captain Hutchinson against the
Jacopa Village to avenge the attack on Mr. Murray, February 20th to
March 3rd, 1891; the expedition under Captain Lock from March 1st to
June 1892, necessitated by the general rising of the Eastern Lushais,
and the attack at Lalbura upon a force under Mr. M. Cabe; also the
force under Captain Shakespear, which advanced into the South Lushai
hills between March 16th and May 13th, 1892. All dates are inclusive.
[Illustration: ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.
H.E.I. CO.'S MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL.
EDWARDIAN ARMY.
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