Battles/Medals

It is estimated one third of EPGs were awarded Military Campaign Medals. Some individual examples include:

• Victoria Cross – Thomas Grady of the 4th and 99th Regiments
• Waterloo Medal 1815 – Edward Tierney 27th Regiment and New South Wales Veteran Corps
• Distinguished Conduct Medal – Thomas Grady above, George Lee, James McGuiness, Daniel Logg and Richard McCorry

Examples of the medals, breadth of service, battles fought and achievements by EPGs at war follows:

Conflicts fought in include:

• The South African Frontier Wars of 1834–36, 1846–47 and 1850–53: over sixty men received one or more medals for these campaigns in the eastern Cape of Good Hope.
• 1st Anglo Afghan War 1839 to 1842: over thirty men received medals with clasps for battles at Kandahar, Jellalabad, Ghunzi and Kabool.
• China War 1840 to 1842: over sixty men received medals for serving with distinction in battles at Canton River, Chusan, Amoy, Ningpo, Chinhai, Tzeki, Chapu, Woosung and Chinkiang.
• Crimean War 1854-1855: over two hundred men received medals.
• Indian Mutiny 1857-1858: over two hundred men received medals for service and battles in Delhi, Defence and Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow and Central India – FYI: 50 Year Anniversary – 16 November 1907 The Herald WA Indian Mutiny
• Other examples of medals issued include Baltic Medal, Gwalia Star, Bronze Stars, Defence of Kars, Legion d’Honeur, New Zealand Maori Wars, Militaire Republique France, Sutlej Medal and various Long Service & Good Conduct Medals.
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (Balaclava) – Pensioner Henry Dyson Naylor of the 13th Light Dragoons participated and his sword from the battle survives to this day.

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

• Did Your Man Earn a Campaign Medal? – EPG Gazette July 2006 by Ron Sutton
• Five Forgotten Crimean War Medals by Peter Conole – July 2014 EPG Gazette
• Dragoons or Lancers .. by Ron Sutton 2009 October EPG Gazette
• Siege of Lucknow – EPG Gazette January 2007 by Ron Sutton
• Relief of Lucknow 1857 – EPG Gazette April 2007 by Ron Sutton
• Afghan Wars: The Kyber Pass – EPG Gazette October 2007 by Ron Sutton
• The First Opium War – EPG Gazette July 2008 by Ron Sutton
• First Sikh War – Military Pensioners in WA by Peter Conole – EPG Gazette 2017 No 2
• Our First Army – Address by Colnel Collett – April 2011 EPG Gazette
• Red Feathers – the 46th Regiment – Peter Conole and Jean McDonald April 2010 EPG Gazette
• EPGs and New Zealand Wars by Jeanette Lee – EPG Gazette 2019 No 1

If you have information on medals, photographs or men’s stories and achievements let us know at the Contact Page