Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (Chas. Sutton, 9th Lancers) contact marks and edge bruising, about very fine £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram.

View
Collection

Charles Roberts was born in Lambeth, London and enlisted in the 9th Lancers at Brentford in February 1841, aged 19 years. He was subsequently present at the battle of Punniar in the Gwalior Campaign, Sobraon in the First Sikh War, and at the crossing of the Chenab and the battles of Chilianwala and Goojerat in the Punjab 1848-49. He was discharged back at Chatham in July 1857.