Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Lt. & Adjt. H: A: Wellman 80th Regt.) nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Roy Painter.

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Hercules Atkin Welman was born on 25 April 1819, and baptised at Enniscorthy, County Wexford. He was appointed Ensign in the 80th Foot on 17 January 1840, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 16 March 1843. He obtained a Captaincy, by purchase, in the 4th Foot on 3 February 1847, and was appointed Adjutant of the Depot Battalion at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, on 4 May 1855. Captain Welman commanded a detachment of the 80th, embarked in the private schooner Ariel at the capture by surprise of the piratical schooner Hannah in a harbour of the Mercury Islands on the 26th October 1843, for which he received the thanks of the Governor of New Zealand, and the approbation of the Duke of Wellington. He served the campaign on the Sutlej in 1845-46, including the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur and Sobraon (Medal with two Clasps). He died in the rank of Major-General on the Isle of Wight, 8 February 1890.