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Auction: 4014 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 220

Sutlej 1845-46 for Moodkee, two clasps, Sobraon, Ferozeshuhur (Lieut. A:H: Ross. 42nd Regt L:I:), light contact marks, therefore very fine Estimate £ 500-600 Major Andrew Hunter Lockhart-Ross (1811-1869), born Edinburgh, Scotland; Cadet, 1829; Ensign, 42nd Native Infantry, 1830; served First Afghan War 1838-42; Lieutenant, 1839, appointed Shah Shuja's Army in the same year; engaged in all operations of the Candahar Force; Commanded Shah Shuja's 5th Regiment at Ghirisk (3.7.1841); Adjutant, 42nd Native Infantry, 1843-48; served during the First Sikh War, Brigade Major at Ferozepore (28.10.1848); Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Presidency Division, 1849; Brevet Major 1854; Assistant Adjutant General at Barrackpore, 1854-1860; retired 1861.

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