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Auction archive: Lot number 15

SUTLEJ MEDAL, 1845-1846, single clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Robert McLure 50th Regt); officially …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£500 - £600
ca. US$842 - US$1,010
Price realised:
£750
ca. US$1,263
Auction archive: Lot number 15

SUTLEJ MEDAL, 1845-1846, single clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Robert McLure 50th Regt); officially …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£500 - £600
ca. US$842 - US$1,010
Price realised:
£750
ca. US$1,263
Beschreibung:

SUTLEJ MEDAL, 1845-1846, single clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Robert McLure 50th Regt); officially impressed. Dark old tone, about extremely fine. Private Robert McLure was born c.1825 in Derry Castle, Antrim, and attested for service with the 50th (Royal West Kent) Regiment at Glasgow 5 June 1843, having previously worked as a Labourer. He served with the Army of the Sutlej in 1845, and his papers show that he was present at the actions of Moodkee and Ferozeshuhur, at the latter of which he was wounded in action. Additionally, his papers show that he was discharged 24 February 1849 at Dover, having received ‘a severe contusion in the chest by the fall of the Barracks at Loodianah 20th May 1846 and from which he has never recovered’, hence his lack of later clasps. On the night of 20 May 1846, a heavy storm struck Loodhiana, where the 50th Regiment was stationed. Their barracks were of a hastily built construction, using largely mud or ‘Kucha’ bricks, and its roof soon collapsed under the stress of the storm, causing a reported 231 people to be buried amongst the rubble, which as noted above would have included Private Robert McLure. Hayward & Hall’s Gazettes of 1966-1970 included a short article on this subject in Checklist 14, including a list of the fifty soldiers of the 50th who were killed in this disaster. Sold with copy discharge papers, and some useful copy research from ‘The History of the Fiftieth (The Queen’s Own) Regiment.’

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

SUTLEJ MEDAL, 1845-1846, single clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Robert McLure 50th Regt); officially impressed. Dark old tone, about extremely fine. Private Robert McLure was born c.1825 in Derry Castle, Antrim, and attested for service with the 50th (Royal West Kent) Regiment at Glasgow 5 June 1843, having previously worked as a Labourer. He served with the Army of the Sutlej in 1845, and his papers show that he was present at the actions of Moodkee and Ferozeshuhur, at the latter of which he was wounded in action. Additionally, his papers show that he was discharged 24 February 1849 at Dover, having received ‘a severe contusion in the chest by the fall of the Barracks at Loodianah 20th May 1846 and from which he has never recovered’, hence his lack of later clasps. On the night of 20 May 1846, a heavy storm struck Loodhiana, where the 50th Regiment was stationed. Their barracks were of a hastily built construction, using largely mud or ‘Kucha’ bricks, and its roof soon collapsed under the stress of the storm, causing a reported 231 people to be buried amongst the rubble, which as noted above would have included Private Robert McLure. Hayward & Hall’s Gazettes of 1966-1970 included a short article on this subject in Checklist 14, including a list of the fifty soldiers of the 50th who were killed in this disaster. Sold with copy discharge papers, and some useful copy research from ‘The History of the Fiftieth (The Queen’s Own) Regiment.’

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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