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Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. Richd. F. Purvis, 1st Battn. 30th N.I.)...
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Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. Richd. F. Purvis, 1st Battn. 30th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1,600-£2,000 --- Richard Fortescue Purvis was born at Wickham, Hampshire, on 4 January 1789, second son of Admiral John Child Purvis, R.N. A Cadet on the Bengal Establishment in 1803, he was appointed Ensign on 18 August 1804, and Lieutenant on 21 September 1804. Posted to the 21st Native Infantry in 1805, he took part in the operations in Bundelkhand 1809-12; Interpreter and Quartermaster 2/21st N.I., 1 July 1814; transferred to newly raised 1/30th N.I., 4 May 1815 to 1818. Served the second phase of the Nepaul War with 4th Brigade Centre Column under Ochterlony at Makwanpur; Brevet Captain, 1 January 1818; Captain 1820, retired 31 May 1820. Afterwards took Holy Orders as Deacon 1820, Priest 1821; was Vicar of Whitsbury, 10 March 1824 until death, and was appointed domestic chaplain to the Earl of Limerick in 1846. He died at the Rectory, Whitsbury, on 27 May 1868.
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Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. Richd. F. Purvis, 1st Battn. 30th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1,600-£2,000 --- Richard Fortescue Purvis was born at Wickham, Hampshire, on 4 January 1789, second son of Admiral John Child Purvis, R.N. A Cadet on the Bengal Establishment in 1803, he was appointed Ensign on 18 August 1804, and Lieutenant on 21 September 1804. Posted to the 21st Native Infantry in 1805, he took part in the operations in Bundelkhand 1809-12; Interpreter and Quartermaster 2/21st N.I., 1 July 1814; transferred to newly raised 1/30th N.I., 4 May 1815 to 1818. Served the second phase of the Nepaul War with 4th Brigade Centre Column under Ochterlony at Makwanpur; Brevet Captain, 1 January 1818; Captain 1820, retired 31 May 1820. Afterwards took Holy Orders as Deacon 1820, Priest 1821; was Vicar of Whitsbury, 10 March 1824 until death, and was appointed domestic chaplain to the Earl of Limerick in 1846. He died at the Rectory, Whitsbury, on 27 May 1868.
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