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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 176

Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Major Thos. Miller. 10th Foot.), light contact marks, very fine

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Miller born Jersey,1799; commissioned Ensign,10th Foot, 1817; posted to India later that year before service in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; the regiment was temporarily disbanded in North America, 1819, and he transferred to the 1st West India Regiment; six years later ´In consequence of ill-health at the recommendation of the Medical Board´, he transferred again, to the 40th Regiment; served with the regiment in New South Wales and Van Diemen´s Land; promoted Lieutenant,1827, and in 1839 he participated in operations in the Lower Scinde under Brigadier Valiant, K.C.H; Captain 1841; Major 10th Foot, August 1848; he was present throughout the siege operations at Mooltan in 1848-49, and, serving as Brigade Major to the 1st Infantry Brigade, was ´present with the troops at the repulse of the enemy´s night attack on 17 August 1848´; following the surrender of the fortress in January 1849, the besieging force joined Gough´s army, and Miller was accordingly present at the battle of Goojerat; Lieutenant-Colonel 1850, exchanged into the 81st Foot later that year; retired 1860

Provenance:
Ritchie Collection, September 2005

Sold for
£1,900