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Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 104

Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur, no clasp (Capt. W.B. Thompson. Dep. Asst. Comy. Genl.), officially engraved in large serif capitals, nearly extremely fine

Major-General William Beveridge Thomson, C.B., born Edinburgh, May 1809; Commissioned Ensign, Bengal Army, June 1826; posted to the 67th Native Infantry, May 1827; promoted Lieutenant, April 1828; appointed Quartermaster, 67th N.I., October 1828; promoted Captain, August 1837; appointed Deputy Assistant Commissary General, November 1842, and served during the First Sikh War at the Battle of Ferozeshuhur, 21-22.12.1845; appointed Assistant Commissary General, September 1847; Deputy Commissary General, May 1853; transferred to the newly-raised 3rd Bengal European Regiment, November 1853; promoted Major, September 1854; served during the Indian Mutiny, and present at the siege and capture of Delhi (C.B. (London Gazette 18.6.1858), Medal and clasp, Brevet Colonel); promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, July 1858; appointed Commissary General, November 1858; transferred to the 57th Native infantry, September 1859; retired with the rank of Major-General, December 1861. Major-General Thomson died at home at St. Peter's Square, Hammersmith, January 1863.

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