The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late John Hillard
457
ARMY OF INDIA 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nagpore (Lieut. W. Langford, 12th N.
I.), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, with silver riband
buckle for wearing, edge nicks, good very fine or better
£1000-1200
Approximately 150 “Nagpore” clasps were awarded to Europeans, three of them
from the 12th Native Infantry.
William Langford was born in Tipperary, Ireland in June 1796 and, on the
recommendation of the Rt. Hon. George Ponsonby, was appointed a Cadet in the
Madras Army in 1813. Initially posted to the 21st Native Infantry, he shortly
afterwards transferred to the 12th N.I. and was advanced to Lieutenant in
November 1816, prior to his part in the Nagpore operations of the following
year.
Having then taken extended furlough, he returned to an appointment as
Paymaster & Interpreter in his old regiment, the 21st N.I., in September 1822,
removed to the 41st N.I. as Adjutant in June 1824 and, as a consequence of the
re-organisation of the Army in October 1826, to the 51st N.I., in which regiment
he was still serving at the time of his advancement to Captain in May 1829.
Langford again took extended furlough in the early 1830s, returning to an appointment in the 51st in December 1836, his service
record further noting that he commanded a wing of the regiment in the Canara insurrection - so, too, a string of favourable reports
throughout that decade and a recommendation for regimental command. However, he was invalided from the Fort St. George
Establishment in early 1843, when he was placed on the Retired List in the rank of Major; accompanying research suggests that the
Major may have eventually settled in Australia, where his son was registered as a doctor in Victoria in the 1860s.
458
MATTHEW BOULTON’S MEDAL FOR TRAFALGAR 1805, white metal, pierced at 12 o’clock on edge, minor corrosion overall,
otherwise very fine £300-350
459
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Private S. Sifton, who participated in
the famous charge of the Scots Greys
WATERLOO 1815 (Samuel Sifton, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.), old silver
hinged suspension bar, contact marks, edge bruising and polished, thus
fine or better £3400-3800
Samuel Sifton was born near Broomyard, Herefordshire and enlisted in the 2nd
(Royal North British) Dragoons at Worcester in July 1805, aged 18 years.
Subsequently present in the regiment’s famous charge at Waterloo as a member
of Captain Payne’s No. 2 Troop, he was eventually discharged in consequence of
‘being worn out through length of service’ in November 1827, after 22 years with
the Colours - his discharge papers noting the award of a further two years service
in respect of the Waterloo campaign.
460
WATERLOO 1815 (Robert Offer, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards), with old
(rusted) steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and heavily
polished, thus fair to fine £1200-1400
Ex Gascoigne Collection, 1909.
Robert Offer was born near Oxbridge, Somerset and enlisted in the Foot Guards
in Dublin in June 1813, aged 19 years. Subsequently present in the Waterloo
campaign as a member of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry D’Oyly’s Company in the
3rd Battalion, his unit sustained casualties of just over 600 killed or wounded -
some of them as a result of the fighting for the vital cross roads at Quatre Bras on
the 16 June, but many more on the 18th, when the unit famously repulsed the
final charge of the French Grenadiers under Ney. Offer went on to serve in Paris
and Cambrai 1815-18, as part of the Army of Occupation, and was finally
discharged in consequence of ‘chronic catarrh and rheumatism’ in October
1835, after 22 years with the Colours - his discharge papers noting the award of a
further two years service in respect of the Waterloo campaign.
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