Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Thomas Filan, 9th. Regt.) edge bruising, very fine £600-800

Thomas Filan was born in King’s Co., Ireland in 1813, and attested for the 9th Regiment of Foot at Dublin on 17 March 1831. He served with the Regiment overseas for 2 years 6 months in Mauritius, followed by 12 years and 5 months in India and Afghanistan, which included campaign service in Afghanistan in 1842, and in the First Sikh War, where the Regiment suffered 3 killed and 49 wounded at Moodkee; 70 killed and 204 wounded at Ferozeshuhur; and 5 killed and 29 wounded at Sobraon. He was discharged medically unfit due to eye problems on 15 October 1847, after 16 years and 108 days’ service.