Afghanistan 1878, Lieut. 1/12th Regt. Commissioned from the ranks of the 6th where he had seen service in the Mutiny & Northwest Frontier. Later Captain h.p.

Afghanistan 1878

Lieut. G. Shields, 1/12th Regt.

B. Carlisle  1839, son of an Irish labourer, enl. 1856 , 85th soon transf. to the 85th.

Corpl. 1858 , Sergeant 1860, Col. Sergeant 1863, Pay.. Mr. Sergeant  1868, commd. 1872, having seen service with the 6th. in the Indian Mutiny and against the hill tribes in 1868 to h.p. Captain 1/12th 1880.

The London Gazette of 25th October, 1898  records Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel G. Shields, Army Pay Department retired. Dated 12th October, 1898. (presumably same man)

A fine career