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Pair: Major-General W. T. Bowen, 3rd Bombay Native Infantry, late Land Transport...
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Pair: Major-General W. T. Bowen, 3rd Bombay Native Infantry, late Land Transport Corps India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Capt. W. T. Bowen, Land Trans. Corps); Abyssinia 1867 (Major W T Bowen. 3rd. Regt. Bombay. N.I.) suspension slightly loose on last, generally good very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2010. William Thomas Bowen was born in 1827 and was commissioned Ensign in the Bombay Army in 1844, serving with the 2nd (Grenadier) Native Infantry in the South Mahratta Campaign, 1844-45, and was present at the capture of the forts of Punalla and Paunghur. Promoted Lieutenant in 1846, and Captain in 1855, he served with the Land Transport Corps in the Persian Expeditionary Field Force, 1856-57, and was present at the bombardment and capture of Mohumra. Receiving the brevet of Major in 1864 and confirmed in that rank in the Bombay Staff Corps in 1866, he subsequently served in the Abyssinian Expedition, 1867-68, as second-in-command of the 3rd Regiment Bombay Native Infantry. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1870 and Colonel in 1875, he retired with the rank of Major-General in 1876. Sold with copied research.
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Pair: Major-General W. T. Bowen, 3rd Bombay Native Infantry, late Land Transport Corps India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Capt. W. T. Bowen, Land Trans. Corps); Abyssinia 1867 (Major W T Bowen. 3rd. Regt. Bombay. N.I.) suspension slightly loose on last, generally good very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2010. William Thomas Bowen was born in 1827 and was commissioned Ensign in the Bombay Army in 1844, serving with the 2nd (Grenadier) Native Infantry in the South Mahratta Campaign, 1844-45, and was present at the capture of the forts of Punalla and Paunghur. Promoted Lieutenant in 1846, and Captain in 1855, he served with the Land Transport Corps in the Persian Expeditionary Field Force, 1856-57, and was present at the bombardment and capture of Mohumra. Receiving the brevet of Major in 1864 and confirmed in that rank in the Bombay Staff Corps in 1866, he subsequently served in the Abyssinian Expedition, 1867-68, as second-in-command of the 3rd Regiment Bombay Native Infantry. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1870 and Colonel in 1875, he retired with the rank of Major-General in 1876. Sold with copied research.
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