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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 606

(x) A fine Sikh Wars pair awarded to Paymaster E. Lee, 10th Foot, late 40th Foot, severely wounded at Kandahar in January 1842

Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon, no clasp (Lieut. Edwd. Lee 10th Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Paymr. Edwd. Lee. 10th Foot.), light contact marks and edge nicks, very fine (2)

Edward Lee was commissioned an Ensign, by purchase, in the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot on 12 June 1835. He served with the Regiment in Scinde and Afghanistan from February 1839 to November 1842, advancing to Lieutenant on 8 April 1839. Lee was severely wounded at Kandahar on 12 January 1842. That August, the 40th advanced on Kabul as part of Sir George Pollock's force.

Transferring to the 10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot, Lee fought at the Battle of Sobraon on 10 January 1846 (medal), the decisive battle which concluded the First Sikh War. Promoted to Captain on 1 August 1848, he was appointed Paymaster of the Regiment on 12 September. He was present throughout Major-General Whish's siege operations before Mooltan (clasp), also taking part in the crowning British victory at Goojerat on 21 February 1849 (clasp); sold with copied entries from the London Gazette and Hart's Army List.



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£1,400