Auction Catalogue

17 & 18 September 2009

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 681

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18 September 2009

Hammer Price:
£820

Hyderabad 1843 (Lieutt. C. A. Moyle, 21st Regt. N.I.) fitted with silver clip and gold swivel-ring bar suspension, edge bruising, otherwise about very fine £800-1000

Charles Augustus Moyle joined the Bombay Establishment as an Ensign on 22 December 1839 and was promoted to Lieutenant in the 21st Bombay N.I. in November 1841. He served with the field forces in Sind and Affghanistan from 1840 to 1843, and was present at the battle of Hyderabad (Medal); also with the force under Sir Charles Napier in pursuit of Meer Sheer Mahomed, and at the capture of the fort at Oomercote. He was later Colonel Commandant of the 28th Bombay Native Infantry. Colonel Moyle died at Poona on 28 December 1878, aged 56. His memoirs are held in The National Archives.