Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Lieutenant R. W. King, 9th Lancers

Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Cornet Robt. W: King 9th Lancers); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Lieut. R. W. King, 9th Lancers.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 9th and 12th Lancers.

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Robert William King was appointed Cornet in the 9th Lancers on 23 June 1843 and promoted to Lieutenant on 17 March 1847. He served in the campaign on the Sutlej in 1846, and was present at the battle of Sobraon; also in the Punjab campaign of 1848-49, including the passage of the Chenab at Ramnuggar, and battles of Chilianwala and Goojerat. He retired by the sale of his commission in 1854.