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A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman
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Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel W. Metcalf, Indian Army
CABUL 1842, with slide-on silver-gilt clasp ‘Cabul’ (Ensign W. Metcalf, 35th Reg. Light Infantry, 16 Sept. 1842),
contemporary cross-hatched engraved naming, old silver clip and hinged-bar suspension and upper silver brooch-pin
for wearing; MAHARAJPOOR STAR 1843, with slide-on silver-gilt ‘Maharajpoor’ clasp (Ensign W. Metcalf, 35th Reg. Light
Infantry), the reverse with adapted backstraps and brooch-pin device, partially covering naming details, with silver-gilt
swivel-ring and bar suspension attached to same, and upper silver-gilt brooch-pin for wearing, contact marks and edge
bruising, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2) £1200-1400
William Metcalf, who was born in Marylebone, London in May 1820, was appointed an Ensign in the Bengal Army in August 1840,
shortly thereafter joining the 35th Native Infantry.
Quickly seeing action in Afghanistan, he was present in the actions leading to the storming of the Khyber Pass in April 1842, and, in
September, at the re-occupation of Cabul, the action in Jugdulluck Pass, the skirmishing at Khoord Cabul Pass and the general
engagement at Tazeen (Medal). He subsequently served as Officiating Sub. Assistant Commissary General in the Army of Gwalior and
was present at Maharajpoor in December 1843 (Star).
Metcalf saw no further action, was appointed to the Bengal Staff Corps in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1866, and was
placed on the Retired List in January 1869; sold with copied service record.
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Four: Sergeant R. Marston, 32nd Regiment, late 39th Regiment
MAHARAJPOOR STAR 1843, naming erased, with decorated hinged-bar suspension device; PUNJAB 1848-49, 2 clasps,
Mooltan, Goojerat (Richd. Marston, 32nd Reg. Foot), renamed; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West
Frontier (2919 R. Marston, 32nd Foot); ARMY L.S. & G.C, V.R., small letter reverse (2919 Serjt. R. Marston, 32nd Regt.),
the first nearly very fine, the second with heavy contact wear and bruising, fine, the last two generally very fine (4)
£400-450
Richard Marston, who was born in Stretton, Church Salop, originally enlisted in the 39th Regiment in August 1840, aged 18 years.
Having witnessed active service with the Army of Gwalior at Maharajpoor in the same regiment, he transferred to the 32nd Regiment in
in November 1846, and was next actively engaged in the Punjab 1848-49, when he was present at Mooltan and Goojerat. Although
entitled to the relevant Medals and clasps for these actions, his discharge papers make no reference to his subsequent award of the
India General Service Medal 1854-95 with “North West Frontier” clasp, and it may well be he was attached to another unit, possibly a
Telegraph Battalion.
Advanced to Corporal in November 1857 and to Sergeant in August 1859, he was finally discharged at Chatham in October 1861,
shortly after being recommended for his L.S. & G.C. Medal. He appears then to have joined the Permanent Staff of the 3rd West
Yorkshire Militia.
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Pair: Staff Sergeant H. Gilmore, Army Hospital Corps, late 43rd Foot
NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse undated (619 Sergt. Hy. Gilmour, 43rd Foot), note surname spelling; ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.
R., small letter reverse (1802 Sergt. H. Gilmore, A.H. Corps), contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally very
fine (2) £400-450
Henry Gilmore, who was born in Chatham, enlisted in the 43rd Foot in Madras in February 1861, aged 18 years. Having then qualified
for his New Zealand Medal for services as a Sergeant in the period December 1863 to March 1866, he transferred to the Army Hospital
Corps in the following year, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in AO 56 of 1880. Gilmore was finally discharged as a Staff
Sergeant at Aldershot in March 1882, his scars then including ‘several leech bites over his abdomen and right side’; sold with the
recipient’s original parchment certificate of discharge, and a pencilled note dated 23 September 1915, possibly for forwarding the
above awards from his widow to their son, in which she states. ‘I know that you will like the enclosed in memory’.
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