Army of India Medal 1799 - 1826 : Private T Evans, 88th Foot

Army of India Medal 1799 - 1826 with the bar 'Ava' attached to a scroll suspender. The recipients name is impressed around the edge. Obverse: The diademed head of Queen Victoria and the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Reverse: A seated figure of Victory holding a laurel branch in her right hand and wreath in her left. In the left background is a palm tree that has a trophy of arms at the base. Around the top is the wording 'TO THE ARMY OF INDIA'. In the exergue are the dates '1799-1826'. Fitted with a piece of 32 mm wide light blue ribbon.

Awarded to Private T Evans, 88th Foot for his service during the War at Ava (Burma) between 1824 and 1826. The medal is correctly named but the British 88th Foot (Connaught Rangers) were serving on the Ionian Islands between 1825 to 1836 and had not been to India or Burma. It is possible that Private Evans was attached to another regiment as an officer's servant. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.