ASSISTANT SURGEON H. CHOLMELEY, M.D., 1ST MADRAS EUROPEAN FUSILIERS (THE POST 1880 1ST BATTALION ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS). India General Service Medal 1854-1895, 1 clasp, Pegu

ASSISTANT SURGEON H. CHOLMELEY, M.D., 1ST MADRAS EUROPEAN FUSILIERS (THE POST 1880 1ST BATTALION ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS). India General Service Medal 1854-1895, 1 clasp, Pegu (officially impressed: AST. SURGN. HENRY CHOLMELEY. M.D. 1st. MADRAS FUSrs.). Obverse rim bruised at 8 o’clock, otherwise Almost Extremely Fine.

Henry Cholmeley was born in 1826, became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1849, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon 19th August 1850. Serving as an Assistant Surgeon Cholmeley with the 1st Madras European Fusiliers, Cholmeley was present at the capture of Pegu in November 1852, and at both defences, under Major Hill, in December 1852 and January 1853. In 1855 he was in Amerapoora, in medical charge of the Embassy to the Court, and was subsequently appointed Medical Storekeeper at Rangoon. Cholmeley died in Calcutta on 9th September 1859.