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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 229

Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Nepaul, Bhurtpoor (Major Wm. L. Watson, Adjt. Genl.), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor edge bruising, good very fine

Provenance:
Glendining's, February 1947.

24 Army of India Medals with these clasps.

[C.B.] London Gazette 2 January 1827.

William Larkin Watson was born in Calcutta, India in 1784, the son of Captain Samuel Watson, Bengal Army and Mary, his second wife. Having served as a Cadet In England, he was appointed an Ensign on 9 November 1800 and returned to India on 9 December 1800. He was advanced to Lieutenant in September 1803; Captain in January 1815; Major in May 1824 and attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1827. Initially posted to the 2/8th N.I. in April 1801, he was transferred to the 11th N.I. and thence to the 22nd N.I. in 1804. Serving in the Second Mahratta War 1804-05, he was severely wounded in the Second Assault on Bhurtpore, 21 January 1805. Serving in the Nepaul War 1814-16, he served as Assistant Adjutant General, being appointed 1st A.A.G of the Army in 1816. In 1818 he transferred to the 1/22nd N.I. as 1st A.A.G. of the Army (with official rank of Major) and in 1825 was appointed A.G. (with official rank of Lieutenant-Colonel). In the latter capacity he served at the siege of Bhurtpore, January 1826. In 1827 he was posted as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 27th N.I., and thence to the 2nd European Regiment in April 1828; the 43rd N.I. in September 1828; and the 53rd N.I. in 1829. Lieutenant-Colonel Watson retired on 9 May 1830 and died at Harwood House, Pittville, Cheltenham on 6 April 1852.

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