War medals of the British Army, and how they were won
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. CORRIGENDA.4. BRITISH WAR MEDALS.5. THE INDIAN WAR MEDAL. 1799–1826.6. THE MYSORE WAR AND SIEGE OF SERINGAPATAM. February to May, 1799.7. THE SERINGAPATAM MEDAL,[10] 1799.8. STORM OF ALLIGHUR. 4th. September, 1803.9. BATTLE OF DELHI. 11th. September, 1803.10. BATTLE OF ASSAYE. 23rd. September, 1803.11. SIEGE OF ASSEER GHUR. 21st. October, 1803.12. BATTLE OF LASWARREE. 1st. November, 1803.13. BATTLE OF ARGAUM. 29th November, 1803.14. SIEGE AND STORM OF GAWILGHUR. 15th. December, 1803.15. DEFENCE OF DELHI. October, 1804.16. BATTLE OF DEIG. 13th. November, 1804.17. CAPTURE OF DEIG. 23rd. December, 1804.18. WAR IN NEPAUL, 1816.19. BATTLE OF KIRKEE, AND BATTLE AND CAPTURE OF POONA. November, 1817.20. BATTLE OF SEETABULDEE, AND BATTLE AND CAPTURE OF NAGPOOR. November and December, 1817.21. BATTLE OF MAHEIDPORE. 21st. December, 1817.22. DEFENCE OF CORYGAUM. 1st. January, 1818.23. WAR IN AVA. 1824 TO 1826.24. SIEGE AND STORM OF BHURTPORE. January, 1826.25. THE INDIAN WAR MEDAL, 1799–1826.26. THE PENINSULA WAR MEDAL.27. THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN, 1801.28. BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA. 21st. March, 1801.29. THE TURKISH MEDAL.30. BATTLE OF MAIDA. 4th July, 1806.31. BATTLES OF ROLEIA AND VIMIERA. 17th. and 21st. August, 1808.32. SIR JOHN MOORE’S CAMPAIGN.33. SAHAGUN, BENEVENTE, ETC. December, 1808, and January, 1809.34. BATTLE OF CORUNNA. 16th. January, 1809.35. BATTLE OF TALAVERA DE LA REYNA. 27th. and 28th. July, 1809.36. CAPTURE OF MARTINIQUE AND GUADALOUPE. February, 1809, and January and February, 1810.37. BATTLE OF BUSACO. September 27th., 1810.38. BATTLE OF BARROSA. 5th. March, 1811.39. BATTLE OF FUENTES D’ONOR. 5th. May, 1811.40. BATTLE OF ALBUHERA. 16th. May, 1811.41. CAPTURE OF JAVA. August and September, 1811.42. SIEGE OF CIUDAD RODRIGO. January, 1812.43. SIEGE OF BADAJOZ. 17th. March and 6th. April, 1812.44. BATTLE OF SALAMANCA. 22nd. July, 1812.45. CAPTURE OF FORT DETROIT. August, 1812.46. BATTLE OF VITTORIA. 21st. June, 1813.47. ACTIONS OF THE PYRENEES. 28th. July to 2nd. August, 1813.48. SIEGE OF ST. SEBASTIAN. August and September, 1813.49. THE GOLD CROSS AND CLASPS.[55]50. AFFAIR OF CHATEAUGUAY. 26th. October, 1813.51. PASSAGE OF THE NIVELLE. 10th. November, 1813.52. ACTION AT CHRYSTLER’S FARM. 11th. November, 1813.53. PASSAGE OF THE NIVE. 9th. to 13th. December, 1813.54. BATTLE OF ORTHES. 27th. February, 1814.55. BATTLE OF TOULOUSE. 10th. April, 1814.56. THE WATERLOO MEDAL, AND CAMPAIGN IN FLANDERS, 1815.57. ACTION AT QUATRE BRAS. 16th. June, 1815.58. ACTION ON THE 17TH. OF JUNE.59. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. 18th. June, 1815.60. THE WATERLOO MEDAL.61. THE CAPE OR SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL.62. CAMPAIGNS IN SOUTH AFRICA. 1834–5.63. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE GALEKAS AND GAIKAS, 1877–78.64. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE GRIQUAS, 1878.65. THE BASUTO WAR, 1879–80.66. THE ZULU WAR, 1879.67. OPERATIONS AGAINST SEKUKUNI, 1878–79.68. THE AFGHANISTAN MEDALS, 1839–1880.69. THE FIRST AFGHAN WAR. 1839.70. CAPTURE OF GHUZNEE. 23rd. July, 1839.71. DEFENCE OF JELLALABAD. 12th. November, 1841, to 7th. April, 1842.72. SECOND AFGHAN CAMPAIGN. 1842.73. ADVANCE ON CABOOL. 1842.74. CANDAHAR. 1842.75. KELAT-I-GHILZIE.76. BATTLE OF GONINE. 30th. August, 1842.77. RE-CAPTURE OF GHUZNEE. 6th. September, 1842.78. THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR. 1878, 1879, 1880.79. ALI MUSJID, November 21st., 1878.80. PEIWAR KOTUL. December 2nd., 1878.81. CHARASIA. October 6th., 1879.82. CABUL. December, 1879.83. AHMED KHEL. April 19th., 1880.84. THE MARCH TO KANDAHAR. August, 1880.85. THE CHINA MEDALS, 1840, 1842, 1856, 1860.86. FIRST CHINESE WAR. 1840–1842.87. SECOND CHINESE WAR. 1856–1860.88. FATSHAN CREEK. June 1st., 1857.89. CAPTURE OF CANTON. 29th. December, 1857.90. CAPTURE OF THE PEIHO, OR TAKU FORTS. May 20th, 1858.91. CAPTURE OF THE TAKU FORTS. 21st. August, 1860.92. OCCUPATION OF PEKIN. 13th. October, 1860.93. THE SCINDE MEDALS, 1843.94. THE CAMPAIGN IN SCINDE.95. BATTLE OF MEEANEE. 17th. February, 1843.96. BATTLE OF HYDERABAD. 24th. March, 1843.97. THE STAR FOR MAHARJPOOR AND PUNNIAR. 1843.98. BATTLES OF MAHARAJPOOR AND PUNNIAR. 29th. December, 1843.99. THE SUTLEJ AND PUNJAUB MEDALS, FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND SIKH WARS. 1845–6 AND 1848–9.100. THE SUTLEJ CAMPAIGN. 1845–1846.101. BATTLE OF MOODKEE. 18th. December, 1845.102. BATTLE OF FEROZESHAH OR FEROZESHUHUR. 21st. and 22nd. December, 1845.103. BATTLE OF ALIWAL. 28th. January, 1846.104. BATTLE OF SOBRAON. 10th. February, 1846.105. THE PUNJAB CAMPAIGN. SIEGE OF MOOLTAN.106. BATTLE OF CHILIANWALA. 13th. January, 1849.107. BATTLE OF GOOJERAT. 21st February, 1849.108. THE NEW ZEALAND MEDAL.109. THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND WAR. 1845–7.110. THE SECOND NEW ZEALAND WAR. 1860–66.111. THE INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL.112. SECOND BURMESE WAR. 1852–53.113. THE PERSIAN CAMPAIGN. 1856–1857.114. NORTH WEST FRONTIER. 1849–1863.115. AGAINST THE AFRIDIS. February, 1850.116. AGAINST THE HUSSUNZIES AND BOREE AFRIDIS. 1852–53.117. AGAINST THE LURRUCKZAI MOHMUNDS AND MEERANZIES. 1854–55.118. AGAINST THE AFRIDIS AND BOZDARS ON THE DEJERAT FRONTIER.119. AGAINST THE CABUL KHAIL WUZEREES, 1859, AND THE MAHSOOD WUZEREES, 1860.120. THE UMBEYLA CAMPAIGN.121. BHOOTAN. 1864–65–66.122. LOOSHAI. December, 1871–February, 1872.123. PERAK. November, 1875–March, 1876.124. JOWAKI. 1877–78.125. NAGA. 1875–1880.126. BURMA. 1885–87, AND 1887–89.127. SIKKIM. 1888.128. HAZARA. 1888.129. CHIN-LUSHAI. 1889–90.130. SAMANA. 1891.131. THE CRIMEAN MEDAL AND CAMPAIGN. 1854–56.132. THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA. 20th. September, 1854.133. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.[158]134. FIRST BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL.135. ACTION AT BALAKLAVA. 25th. October, 1854.136. SORTIE OF THE 26TH. OF OCTOBER.137. BATTLE OF INKERMANN. November 5th., 1854.138. CONTINUATION OF THE SIEGE.139. SECOND BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL.140. CONTINUATION OF THE SIEGE.141. THIRD BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL.142. FOURTH BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL.143. FIFTH BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL.144. FINAL BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL.145. THE FRENCH MILITARY WAR MEDAL.146. THE FRENCH MILITARY WAR MEDAL. (continued 2)147. THE SARDINIAN WAR MEDAL.148. THE TURKISH WAR MEDAL.[174]149. MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE FIELD.150. THE VICTORIA CROSS.151. THE INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL. 1857–1858.152. SIEGE OF DELHI. 30th. May to 14th. September, 1857.153. DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW. 29th. June to 25th. September, 1857.154. RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. 17th. November, 1857.155. LUCKNOW. 2nd. to 21st. of March, 1858.156. CENTRAL INDIA. January to June, 1858.157. THE ABYSSINIAN MEDAL.158. THE ABYSSINIA EXPEDITION. October, 1867, to April, 1868.159. THE ASHANTEE MEDAL.160. THE ASHANTEE WAR. 1873–74.161. THE EGYPTIAN AND SOUDAN MEDALS.162. THE EGYPTIAN WAR. BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.163. TEL-EL-KEBIR. September 13th, 1882.164. THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN. BATTLE OF EL TEB. February 29, 1884.165. TAMAAI. March 13th, 1884.166. SUAKIN. 1884.167. THE NILE, 1884–85.168. ABU KLEA. January 17th, 1885.169. KIRBEKAN. February 10th, 1885.170. SUAKIN. 1885.171. TOFREK. March 22nd., 1885.172. GEMAIZAH. December 20th., 1888.173. TOSKI. August 3rd., 1889.174. THE NORTH WEST CANADA MEDAL. 1885.175. THE INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL. 1891.176. MEDAL FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT.177. THE MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE.178. EAST INDIA COMPANY’S MEDALS. 1848.179. THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER.180. THE INDIAN ORDER OF MERIT.181. MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY MEDALS.182. REGIMENTAL MEDALS.183. MEDALS OF THE MILITIA, YEOMANRY, AND VOLUNTEERS.184. INDEX.