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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 27

Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur, one clasp, Sobraon (Lieut Col: C: D: Wilkinson 63rd Regt. N:I:), very fine, with contemporary silver top riband buckle

General Christopher Dixon Wilkinson, C.B. (1794-1879), born Bedfordshire; commissioned Bengal Infantry, 1811; advanced Major 1833; Lieutenant-Colonel 1840, and commanded the 63rd Bengal Native Infantry at Ferozeshuhur, and the 6th Infantry Brigade at Sobraon, 10.2.1846 (C.B. London Gazette 27.6.1846; Mentioned in General Sir Hugh Gough's Despatch, 13.2.1846 and also in the Governor General, Sir Hugh Hardinge's Despatch, 14.2.1846); Colonel 1850; Major-General 1854; retired General 1870.

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