Private Henry Bucknall served with the 2nd Battalion and took part in the Sikkim Campaign in 1888. 

 It is shown in the magazine  I’m 95 that he was serving with “E” Company at the presentation of new Colours on the 5th of February 1891. The following year Henry was transferred to the Army Reserve and was allotted a passage to England on the troopship Crocodile sailing from Karachi on the 20th of December.  

Henry again served with the Regiment during the Boer War; he joined the 1st Battalion on the 24th of March 1900. He was discharged after the war. 

For his service, Henry was recieved the following medals the India General Service Medal 1854-95; and the Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Johannesburg, Cape Colony and Orange Free State. 

Sadly, the museum does not hold the former in its collection.