Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (Serjt. Wm. Morley 10th Regt.) good very fine £400-500

William Morley was born at Dymchurch, Kent, and enlisted into the 10th Foot in Middlesex on 17 December 1830, aged 19 years 7 months, a servant by trade. He was promoted to Corporal in January 1832 and to Sergeant in November 1834. Reduced to Private in February 1838 for some misdemeanour, he regained the ranks of Corporal in August 1840 and Sergeant in February 1841. The 10th Foot arrived in India in August/September 1842 at Calcutta, where they remained until November 1844 when they moved to Meerut. In December 1845 the regiment marched from Meerut to join Gough’s Army of the Sutlej in time to take part in the final battle of the Sikh War at Sobraon on 10 February 1846. In this action Sergeant William Morley received a severe gunshot wound which necessitated the amputation of his right leg. As a result of his injury he was discharged from the army at Chatham on 8 June 1847 in the rank of Colour Sergeant. He was awarded a pension of 1s 9d per day.

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