Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (J, Tatton. 61st. Regt.) light contact marks, very fine £300-400

James Tatton was born in Woolwich, Kent in 1822, and attested for the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Regiment of Foot at Rochester, Kent, on 3 December 1838. He served with the Regiment during the first Anglo-China War in 1842 (entitled to medal), before transferring to the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot on 1 July 1844. He saw further service with them in the Second Sikh War 1848-49, and was present at the passage of the Chenab and the Battles of Sadullapur, 14 December 1848. Chilianwala, 13 January 1849, and Goojerat, 21 February 1849 (entitled to medal with two clasps for the latter two battles). Accompanying Major-General Gilbert’s Field Force, he took part in the pursuit of the enemy to the Khyber Pass, recovering Peshwar on 21 March 1849, so bringing the war to an end. During the Indian Mutiny he served at the siege and capture of Delhi, May to September 1857, and was present at the repulse of the enemy sortie of 4 July. Awarded his Long Service & Good Conduct Medal in 1862, he was finally discharged on 28th October of that year, after 21 years and 145 days’ service, during which period he had earned himself four medals.