Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (W. Cowie, 1st Bn. 60th R. Rifles.) good very fine £400-460

William Cowie enlisted into the 60th Rifles at Aberdeen on 30 March 1842, aged 18. Posted to the 1st Battalion, he embarked for India in July 1845, arriving in Bombay on 20 December after an enforced one month stop at Mauritius for ship repairs. He subsequently took part in the siege of Mooltan which commenced in December 1848 and was injured during the final assault on the citadel of Mooltan on 22 January 1849. Thereafter he was invalided to the Rifles Depot at Karachi and subsequently died en-route to rejoin the regiment on 15 February 1850, at Ahmedpoor.

Sold with copied medal roll extract, full muster details and a detailed service history compiled by Irvin Mortenson.