Original 1854 India General Service Medal, Burma 1887-89, Pte Monteith, Cheshire Regiment, Court Martialled British forage caps and the General

forage caps and the General Service cap

Maker marked Tiptaft of Birmingham

possibly British made

Several pages thick

Original 1854 India General Service Medal, Burma 1887-89, Pte Monteith, Cheshire Regiment, Court Martialled British forage caps and the GeneralIndia General Service 1854 95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887 89 (833 Pte. F. Monteith 2d. Bn. Ches. R.) Frank Monteith, a labourer, was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, around 1859, and enlisted at Cardiff for the Cheshire Regiment on 30 August 1883. Tried by District Court Martial and imprisoned for 6 calendar months the following year, he returned to the cells in January 1885 after absenting himself without leave. Posted overseas to Burma from 1887 89, he was