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A fine hardwood walking stick, beautifully carved with an abundance of trailing of clover. The silver collar is engraved ‘General H. B. Stevens’, General Stevens medals were sold by Spink of London.
A fascinating and rare piece, serving as a reminder of British Colonial history and Indian mutiny.
Length: 88.5cm (34.84'') Handle: 11.2cm (4.41'')
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Henry Borlase Stevens was born in 1824. He was educated at Addiscombe and later appointed Ensign to the 41st Native Infantry in 1841. He served in both the Battles of Ferozeshah and Sobraon with the 41st Native Infantry.
Henry was appointed Second-in-Command of the Sylhet Light Infantry in 1856 and was the Officiating Commandant throughout its skirmishes with the mutinous 34th Native Infantry in 1857-8 i
...n the Cachar District in the North East Frontier of India.
The History of the Indian Mutiny 1857-1858 by Colonel Malleson noted:
''On 12th January they [34th Regiment Native Infantry which had mutinied at Chatgaon in November 1857] were attacked by a party of the Silhat corps [which had been ordered to pursue the rebels by the Chief Civil Oficer of Silhat], under the command of Captain Stevens, and after a fight which lasted for two hours, they were driven into the jungles, with the loss of twenty men killed. Ten days later, the same officer, having learnt where they were encamped, succeeded in surprising them while their arms were piled, and putting them to flight, with the loss of all their arms and accoutrements. On this occasion they lost ten men killed. Eight days later another detachment of them was attacked and completely defeated, with the loss of thirteen men, by a small party of the Silhat regiment …This was the finishing stroke.''
In 1858, he was appointed Commandant of the Kelat-I-Ghilzie Regiment, later designated 12th Bengal Native Infantry, of which he commanded during the Bhootan Campaign.
He commanded the 12th Bengal Native Infantry for seventeen years and was promoted to Colonel and in command of Delhi, when he had the honour to receive HRH The Prince of Wales during his Royal Visit in 1876.
Henry was promoted to Major-General in 1881, Lieutenant-General in 1883 and General in 1888. He was placed on the unemployed supernumerary list from 1884, and died in Guernsey1904. His obituary was featured in The Times
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1143895
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
Height is 88.5cm (34.8inches)Width is 11.2cm (4.4inches)Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
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