Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

George Henny, 69th Foot, who was wounded through the knees at the storming of Capauldroog, India, in May 1819

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (George Henny, 69th Foot.) edge bruise, otherwise better than very fine £1400-1600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals.

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Provenance: Sotheby, May 1910; Coutts Collection 1921; Glendining, June 1925; Sotheby, November 1997.

George Henny/Henney was born in the Parish of Trentham, Staffordshire, and enlisted into the 69th Foot at Silver Hill, Sussex, on 24 October 1803, a Shoe Maker by trade, aged 20 years. He served in the East Indies from  July 1805 to June 1824, including the capture of Java in 1811 and the storming of Capauldroog on 10 May 1819, on which occasion he was wounded through the knees. He was discharged from India at Wallajahbad on 28 August 1823, his final discharge being confirmed at Horse Guards on 3 July 1824.

Sold with copied discharge papers.