NAM.1962-11-217-1

Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58, clasp: Defence of Lucknow. Awarded to Apothecary Edwin Walter Debrosses, Indian Medical Department, while a boy of 15 at La Martiniere College. Silver campaign medal with, on the obverse, a portrait of Queen Victoria wearing diadem designed by William Wyon, with the inscription, ‘Victoria Regina’. On the reverse is a robed figure of Britannia, wearing a helmet, holding a wreath and shield with a lion by her side. Above is the word ‘India’, while below are the dates, ‘1857-1858’. Associated with Siege of Lucknow (1857), Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). Debrosses was a 15 year-old student at La Martinière College in Lucknow when the rising began. The insurgents soon occupied his school, but the pupils escaped to the Residency where they assisted in its defence. After the rising, all the masters and boys received the Mutiny Medal for their services. The school still functions today under the name of La Martinere Boys’ College.

Lucknow, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)