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AFGHANISTAN BURMA MEDALS LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN T WHISH BENGAL ARMY STAFF CORPS

Offered is a Afghanistan Medal (1878-80), no clasp, impressed named CAPT. J. T. WHISH. 16th BEN. N.I.); India General Service Medal (1854-95), 1 clasp, BURMA 1885-7, engraved named Major J. T. Whish 16th Bengal Infy. Comes with copies of service records, London Gazette extracts, newspaper articles and research.

Lieutenant Colonel John Tulloch Whish was born on 13/91843 in Firoz Shah, Punjab, India. His father and Grandfather served in India obtaining General rank. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant into the 103rd Foot in March 1861 and was advanced Lieutenant on 30/7/1862 and Captain on 12/3/1873. He served with the 16th Native Infantry during the Afghanistan operations and was Provost-Marshal at Ali Musjid from 16 March-26 May 1880 and Commanded Fort Jammud from 27 May-15 September 1880. Promoted Major on 12/3/1881, he saw further service in Burma and was made Lieutenant-Colonel on 12/3/1887, being retired on 29 March 1889. He died on 16 May 1910.

His only child Captain John Kenneth Tullock Whish was killed in action on 8/9/1914 in France.