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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 71

The Sutlej Medal awarded to Private J. Badcock, 53rd Regiment of Foot, one of six from his unit to be killed in action at the Battle of Sobraon

Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon (John Badcock 53rd Regt.), light contact wear and light pitting, overall very fine

Provenance:
Spink, December 1990.

John Badcock appears upon the casualty roll compiled by the 'Soldiers of Shropshire' Museum for the First Anglo-Sikh War.

The Regiment saw action at the Battle of Aliwal and later were present at the Battle of the Sobraon. They formed up under Major-General Sir Robert Dick's 7th Division alongside the 10th Foot. Taking up their position on the extreme left of the British line, the Division's first attempt on the Sikh earthworks proved a failure. However their second push succeeded, although at great cost with Major-General Dick himself falling in the bloody fighting, despite a hard fought hand-to-hand action the British took the position. Unfortunately Badcock was not there to see it - he is listed as killed in action, one of the unfortunate few in an engagement which saw over 100 men wounded but few killed; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240