Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Bombr. Wm. Wilson, 3rd Troop Bde. H. Arty.) good very fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Bombay Artillery.

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Provenance: Bought Baldwin 1965, ex Squadron Leader A. J. Green Collection.

William Wilson was born in 1820, a native of Leith (South), Midlothian. A Baker by trade, he enlisted at Leith on 25 August 1840, for unlimited service. He embarked for India on 26 October 1840 in the Donna Pascoa and arrived there on 21 April 1841. Posted to 2nd Troop, Horse Brigade, he was promoted to Bombardier in 1848 and posted to 3rd Troop, Horse Brigade, taking part in the Punjab campaign of 1848-49. Wilson died at Kurrachi on 28 September 1850.