Auction Catalogue

21 September 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 47

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£450

Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (George Paton, 31st Regt.) suspension post repaired, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £400-500

George Paton was born in the Parish of Abby, near Paisley, Renfrew, and enlisted for the 31st Regiment at Glasgow on 27 March 1841, aged 19 years 2 months. He served in the East Indies for 5 years and one month, and was discharged ‘unfit’ at Chatham on 5 August 1856. Sold with copy discharge papers.