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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 295

x An Army of India and Sutlej Medal Pair to Major-General H.J. Wood, [C.B.], Royal Artillery, Who Commanded the 6th Battalion Bengal Field Artillery at the Battle of Sobraon, 10.2.1846, the ´Indian Waterloo´ Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Bhurtpoor (Captn. H.J. Wood. H. Arty.), officially engraved; Sutlej for Sobraon 1845-46 (Lieut. Col: H:J: Wood 6th. Batn. Arty.), edge bruise to first, otherwise good very fine (2) Estimate £ 1,700-2,000 C.B. London Gazette 27.6.1846. Major-General Henry John Wood, C.B., (1791-1858), born Lewisham, Kent; Commissioned Fireworker, Royal Marine Artillery, September 1810; served in Alwar, 1813; Java, 1814-15; Lieutenant, 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Foot Artillery September 1817; served during the siege and capture of Hathras, 1817; Appointed Adjutant and Quarter-Master, 3rd Battalion, Royal Foot Artillery; Brigade Quarter-Master, Royal Foot Artillery, with Centre Division, November 1817; served during the Third Mahratta War, 1817-19; Adjutant and Quarter-Master, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery, April 1818; Captain, Commanding 1st Troop, 3rd Brigade, Heavy Artillery, May 1824; served during the siege and capture of Bhurtpore, 10.12.1825-18.1.1826; Major, March 1841; posted to Command the Artillery Saugor Division, December 1842; Lieutenant-Colonel, July 1845; served during the First Sikh War at the mighty Battle of Sobraon, the ´´Indian Waterloo´´, 10.2.1846; Commanding 6th Battalion Artillery under Brigadier H.M. Wheeler, the future celebrated leader of the Cawnpore Division, who was massacred by Nana Sahib´´s treachery during the Indian Mutiny; Colonel, February 1853; Major-General, December, 1856. Major-General Wood died suddenly at Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, November 1858. Provenance: Glendining, 11.12.1985

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