Four: Troop Sergeant-Major John Burton, 16th Lancers

Ghuznee 1839 (Serjeant John Burton 16th Queen’s Lancers) naming engraved on edge and in reverse centre, fitted with replacement silver bar suspension in the usual style for regiment; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Troop Serjt. Major John Burton H.M. 16th Lancers) fitted with adapted silver bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Troop Serjt Major John Burton 16th Lancers); Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Troop Serjt. Major John Burton, 16th Lancers.) the first three with contact marks, nearly very fine, the last with scratching in obverse field, otherwise good very fine (4) £1,800-£2,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals - The Property of a Gentleman.

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John Burton was born in the Parish of Cromford, near Worksworth, Derbyshire, and was attested for the 16th Lancers at Manchester on 3 April 1829, aged 20, a hatter by trade. He was promoted to Corporal on 26 May 1834, to Sergeant on 1 September 1837, and to Troop Sergeant Major on 13 September 1842. He served a total of 24 years 77 days, including 15 years 9 months in the East Indies, and ‘served in the campaign in Affghanistan in 1839 and at the Capture of Ghuznee, also in the action at Maharajpore in December 1843, and at Aliwal and Sobraon in 1846.’ Burton was discharged at Dublin on 18 June 1853, aged 44 years 2 months. His M.S.M. was awarded on 13 June 1854, with an annuity of £15, but he appears to have died shortly afterwards and is not shown in the rolls from 1855.

Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.