Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Sub. Conductor, W. H. West,) nearly extremely fine £600-£800

Sub-Conductor W. H. West was killed in action by a roundshot during the opening stages of the siege of Kotah on 26 March 1858.

A force of 600 men and two guns under Lieutenant Frederick Roberts marched from Nasirabad to Kotah on the Chambal, where troops of Rajah Ram Singh of Kotah had mutinied and besieged him in Kotah’s citadel. After sending some troops to reinforce the Rajah, Roberts bombarded the town and took it by assault on 30 March, capturing 50 guns.