A rare Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie medal, awarded to Bombardier Michael Shaughnessy, Bengal Artillery, naming officially engraved 'Bombardier Michael Shaughnefsy, 4th Compy, 2nd Battn, Arty.', Shaughnessy enlisted at Limerick on January 1827 for Limited Service in the East India Company's Artillery. A Native of Askeating, County Limerick, he was then aged 22 Years. He joined the E.I.C. recruit depot at Brompton Barracks, Chatham on 24 February 1827, and having been allocated to Bengal, sailed for India in the Parmelia on 13 June 1827. On arrival at Calcutta in early December, he was posted as 1783 Gunner, Bengal Foot Artillery. Michael Shaughnessy appears in the muster for 1 September 1842 as Bombardier, 4th Company 2nd Battalion Bengal Artillery. He was invalided to the Bengal Artillery Invalid Battalion at Chunar on 21 September 1844, where he was struck off for Europe in October 1853 (1) in Spink box with receipt