Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private William Halls H.M. 40th Regt.) with original brass hook and later ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £500-600

William Halls enlisted into the 40th Foot at Chelmsford on 31 March 1840. He embarked for India on 16 May and joined his regiment at Karachi on 4 September 1840. From the musters it is evident that Halls participated in the campaign in Afghanistan in 1842 and is probably also entitled to the medal for ‘Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul’.

Halls stayed in India with the regiment until 1 November 1844, when he volunteered to the 60th Foot. He was one of 331 soldiers shown as discontinued/reduced in the regimental muster rolls at this time, nearly all of them having volunteered to other regiments. However, no further record can be found of William Halls in the muster rolls of the 60th, the likelihood being that he had either died or deserted on his way to join his new regiment, or that he was directed to a different regiment altogether.

Sold with full muster details and copied muster rolls.