Second Afghan War Campaign Medal Pair to a Piper in the 92nd (Gorgon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, During the Assault on Pir Paimal in the Battle of Kandahar he Struck up a Tune on his Bagpipes Until the Bag was Pierced by an Enemy Bullet, Afghanistan medal with clasps Charasia, Kabul and Kandahar, engraved naming, ‘2113 PTE J MIDDLETON 92ND HIGHRS’ some contact marks to edge of medal, Kabul to Kandahar Star, impressed naming, ‘2113 PRIVATE J MIDDLETON 92 HIGHLANDERS’. The History of the Gordon Highlander’s Vol.II by Lt. Colonel C Greenhill Gardine, records that Middleton was a Piper and that during the assault on Pir Paimal in the Battle of Kandahar he struck up a tune on his bagpipes until the bag was pierced by an enemy bullet (photocopy from book included). James Middleton appears on the roll with service number 2113, the Afghanistan medal and 3 clasps are confirmed on the roll, he purchased his discharge in Natal on 20th December 1881.