Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859, no clasp awarded to Private Thomas Roorke, 6th Dragoon Guards who saw service in India during the Indian Mutiny and took part in the Meerut campaign under Brigadier-General Seaton including in the actions at Bareilly and Rohilcund.
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859, no clasp; (THOS ROORKE. 6TH DRAGN GDS.)
Condition: old repair to suspender claw, obverse contact marked, Very Fine
Thomas Rooke was born in Bengal in 1827 saw service as a Private (No. 1847) with the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) in India during the Indian Mutiny, the medal roll confirming his service in the Meerut campaign under Brigadier-General Seaton including in the actions at Bareilly and Rohilcund.
At the time of the 1861 Worldwide Index on 7-8th April 1861 he was on board a ship from Meerut, India to Maidstone.
