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Auction: 22002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 152

(x) Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Lieutt. Malcolm R. L. Meason HM 40th. Regt.), good very fine

Malcolm R. Laing Meason was severely wounded in action at Goain, as recalled by The Reverend I. N. Allen:

'Their fire was evidently too high, and it passed over the heads of the line; but the balls fell thickly enough, as I can testify from experience, a few paces in the rear. In following, I met a poor fellow of the 41st who had received a shot, and who entreated me to explain to the doolie-bearers where to carry him. I directed them to keep in rear of his Regiment, and was proceeding, when Lieutenant Meason, Her Majesty's 40th, who had received a shot through the thigh, and was standing bleeding, called out to me and begged me to get a doolie for him.'

Whilst waiting behind to look after Lieutenant Meason, Allen and his charge were nearly cut off by some native horsemen, but just succeeded in reaching the line in time.

His accounts of the campaign were recalled in Historial Records of the 40th Foot and his own publication An Adventure in Afghanistan.

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Sold for
£1,000

Starting price
£400