An Afghanistan Medal 1878-80 to Lieutenant (later Major) Lionel Langley, Royal Engineers, no clasp

An Afghanistan Medal 1878-80 to Lieutenant (later Major) Lionel Langley, Royal Engineers, no clasp (LT.. L. LANGLEY. R.E.), engraved in serif capitals, extremely fine, toned; together with his corresponding dress miniature medal, very fine and toned. [2]

(36mm diameter)

By descent

Lionel Langley was the eldest son of Major-General Sir George Colt Langley, Royal Marines (see lot 41). He arrived in India in 1873 and served in the Public Works Department in Godvari until 1879 when he volunteered for field service. He served in the 2nd Anglo-Afghan war including operation in the Kama District, before returning to P.W.D. duties, punctuated by a period at the School of Military Engineering in Chatham. At the time of his death he was Executive Engineer of the Madras P.W.D., Kistna Eastern Division. He had obtained a period of furlough and had gone shooting prior to returning to England. He was shikaring, alone, on the morning of the 18th April 1890, when a tiger attacked and killed him at Kullor, 20-30 miles east of the railway line at Madira. His body was taken to Madira Station from where his death was reported. He was in his 40th year.