Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Serjt. Wm. Nelson, Scinde Camel Baggage Corps.) nearly very fine and scarce £400-£500

William Nelson was born in London circa 1827, and whilst a medical student entered the service of the Honourable East India Company with the Bombay Presidency Army on 16 February 1846. He sailed from England aboard the Mountstuart Elphinstone and, on arrival in India, was posted to the 1st Regiment Bombay Fusiliers as a private. Promoted to Sergeant, he served as a European N.C.O. attached to the Scinde Camel Baggage Corps during the 2nd Sikh War of 1848-49 (Medal with two clasps). In the period 1850-55 he is variously recorded as serving as Sergeant, Town Major’s List 1851; Sergeant, 1st European Regiment, February 1852; and as Commissariat Sergeant, Town Major’s List, September 1852. He transferred back to the Infantry in April 1854, and took his discharge in February 1855.