anpore. He also served at the siege of
Hattrass, where he was the first to enter the fort, and was wounded in
the hand. He was on the staff of the left division of the grand army
under the Marquis of Hastings in the Mahratta and Pindaree War of
1817-18, during which he distinguished himself on several occasions. He
became a lieutenant in the 87th on July 5, 1821.

At the latter end of this year a series of unfortunate occurrences
began, which brought Shipp's military career to an untimely close. He
appears to have entered into a racing partnership with Lieut.-Colonel
Browne, of the same regiment, to run horses at Cawnpore races. Shipp,
who was supposed to be a good judge of horseflesh, was to make certain
purchases, for the purpose, at Calcutta. Colonel Browne, who died in
command of the regiment in Burmah a few years afterwards, was then one
of the regimental majors. He was a brave officer and, it is said, much
liked in the regiment; but it does not seem to have occurred to him or
any one else that to encourage a junior officer in Shipp's position--a
moneyless man, with family ties--to embark in turf speculations was a
most unfriendly action. The partners speedily fell out, each accusing
the other of "throwing him over." Browne claimed 2,000 rupees from
Shipp, which the latter admitted he had not the means to pay; and Shipp
then accused Browne of prejudicing the minds of the other officers
against him. This state of things continued until Shipp had a
misunderstanding with a civilian at Calcutta, in consequence of which
his brother officers treated him with marked coolness. Whether there
were sufficient grounds for so doing does not appear; but when Shipp
asked that his conduct in the matter might be investigated by
court-martial--the only course open to an officer without the means to
go to the civil courts--he was told that the Judge Advocate-General
considered it unnecessary. Worried by pecuniary difficulties, and
smarting under what he considered undeserved treatment by his former
associates, which he attributed to the hostile influence of Colonel
Browne, Shipp wrote some intemperate letters reflecting on the conduct
of Colonel Browne and of the regimental commanding officer. These he
stubbornly refused to withdraw; although in after years he admitted that
they were unjust and written under a misapprehension of facts. The
inevitable result followed. Shipp was brought before an European
General Court Martial on speci