A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman
Campaign Groups and Pairs
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Pair: Private W. Hill, 91st Foot, who was severely wounded at Toulouse
MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (Walter [H]ill, 91st Foot); WATERLOO 1815
(Walter Hill, 1st Batt. 91st Reg. Foot), with original steel clip and ring suspension, one letter of surname obscured on the
first, both with edge bruising and polished and thus fine or better (2) £3500-4000
Walter Hill, a native of Forfar, enlisted in the 91st Foot in May 1811 and, having been embarked for Spain, was present in the Pyrenees
operations and at Nivelle, Nive and Orthes. So, too, at Toulouse on 10 April 1814, when, as confirmed by his discharge papers, he was
severely wounded by a gunshot to his right shoulder and left arm - the original medal roll reveals his entitlement to the Toulouse clasp
being refused, the remarks column stating ‘sick, rear’. Notwithstanding his wounds, Hill was subsequently present at Waterloo as a
member of Captain J. C. Murdoch’s Company, and was finally discharged in August 1816; sold with copied service record and medal
roll extracts.
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Pair: Corporal E. Cheston, 41st Foot, who was wounded in the Ava operations of 1825
ARMY OF INDIA 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (E. Cheston, 41st Foot), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming;
CANDAHAR GHUZNEE CABUL 1842 (Edwd. Cheston, 41st Regt.), with old clip and hinged-bar suspension, contact marks, edge
bruising and polished, otherwise generally good fine (2) £1800-2200
Ex Richard Magor Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, 2 July 2003 (Lot 119).
Edward Cheston, who was born in Co. Tipperary, enlisted in the 41st Foot in November 1822, and served with the Colours for 21
years, including overseas postings ‘in the East Indies, Scinde and Afghanistan’, for which latter theatre of war he received the Medal (his
service record confirms). As also verified by the latter source, he was wounded by a gunshot in the left arm during the Ava operations
of December 1825. Cheston was finally discharged as a Corporal in August 1846.
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Three: Quarter-Master Sergeant G. Wilson, 6th Regiment
SOUTH AFRICA 1834-53 (Serjt. G. Wilson, 6th Regt.); INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (Serjt. G. Wilson, 1st Batn. 6th Regt.);
ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1701 Cr.-Serjt. G. Wilson, 1st Bn. 6th Regt.), edge bruising and polished,
thus generally good fine (3) £500-600
George Wilson was born in London and enlisted in the 6th Regiment in September 1861, aged 19 years. Advanced to Corporal in
January 1843 and to Sergeant in January 1845, he served in the Cape of Good Hope for 11 years, and was actively engaged in the
operations of 1846-47 and 1850-53 (Medal). Having then been appointed Hospital Sergeant, he was employed in the suppression of
the Indian Mutiny (Medal), and gained advancement to Colour-Sergeant in April 1860. He was finally discharged in September 1862,
in the rank of Quarter-Master-Sergeant.
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