India General Service Medal 1854-1895, 1 Clasp: Bhootan awarded to Corporal W. Banback, 80th Regiment of Foot – Staffordshire Volunteers who was present during the Bhootan operations which lasted from December 1864 to February 1865.
India General Service Medal 1854-1895, 1 Clasp: Bhootan; (293 CORPL. W. BANBACK. H.M’s 80TH REGT.)
Condition: Nearly Extremely Fine
Awarded to Corporal (No. 293) W. Banback, 80th Regiment of Foot – Staffordshire Volunteers who was present during the Bhootan operations which lasted from December 1864 to February 1865. The Indian Government decided to take punitive action as a result of the treatment of the Honourable Ashley Eden, head of a mission into Bhootan, and perhaps more importantly because of continued raids from Bhootan into British territory. Four columns advanced into Bhootan under Brigadier General W.E. Mulcaster and were able to overcome the slight resistance they met at Dhalimcote, Bhumsong, and Charmoorchee. However, the Bhootanese then attacked various Anglo-Indian positions with serious result. A further expedition was dispatched under Brigadier General Sir H. Tombs, V.C., K.C.B., which captured Dewangiri on 2nd April 1865, and another was mounted in 1866 after which the Bhootanese accepted defeat
