Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 March 2020

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№ 206 x

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4 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£1,200

Pair: Major-General William Winson, Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. W. Winson, Regt. of Khalat-i-Ghilzie); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, North West Frontier, Bhootan (Lieut. W. Winson, Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce (2) £1,000-£1,200

William Winson served with the Khelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment on the Peshawur Frontier in 1855-56 and during the mutiny in 1857 (Medal). He served with the same regiment in the Eusofzaie Expedition under Sir Sydney Cotton in April and May 1858; and commanded the 18th Bengal Native Infantry during the operations in Bhootan in 1865, and was present at the recapture of the Bala Stockades and Pass (Medal with two clasps). He retired in the rank of Major-General on 1 October 1881, and subsequently became Honorary Colonel of the 18th Bengal Infantry.