GREAT NEWS ....well for me.
Further careful cleaning of the pommel has revealed a lightly etched '84' ....if I am correct in assuming that the regiment is marked here, it gets very interesting...it would mean its the 84th.............
Indian Mutiny
The regiment travelled around the various garrisons of the British Empire for the next few years, mainly in India and Burma. It was not until 1857 that it would see action again in the Sepoy Rebellion in India. The 84th Foot had been in Burma when the rebellion of 1857-1858 broke out. The 84th Regiment were moved from Rangoon to India and detachments scattered throughout the various forts that were soon besieged and the Regiment received great acclaim for their actions during this period. General Outram wrote of the 84th:
“ A private letter is hardly a proper medium for giving expression to the strong feelings i bear to the glorious old 84th,but the feelings i do bear it are very strong, and every officer, non-commissioned officer and private of the Corps is,and ever shall be, my comrade and my friend! ”
The 84th Regiment is the only regiment ever to receive a salute from the battery at Fort William, Calcutta when they left India in 1859.The regiment was involved in the Relief of Lucknow and a detachment was in the Siege of Cawnpore while most of the regiment was part of the relief force sent to Cawnpore. After Cawnpore and Lucknow were recaptured the 84th Regiment was involved in the large scale protection of the country side under a Brigadier Douglas who, whilst surrounded wrote:
“ I did not think of the smallness of my force opposed to three separate bodies, each doubling it, when i remembered it was the 84th i had with me ”
Victoria Crosses
The 84th Foot had six Victoria Crosses awarded to men serving in its ranks all won during the Indian Mutiny :
Abraham Boulger
Joel Holmes
George Lambert
John Sinnott
Augustus Anson
Patrick Mylott
Perhaps the bayonet and 2 Tulwars are Sepoy Mutiny pieces ....afterall
Regards David