Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major-General W. C. Hamilton, 2nd Bengal European Regiment

Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Lieut. W. C. Hamilton, 2nd Eur. Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. W. C. Hamilton.) unit neatly erased but probably ‘Civil Service’, mounted on a modern buckle bar, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £500-£700

William Conrad Hamilton was commissioned Ensign in the 2nd Bengal European Regiment on 5 January 1845; Lieutenant on 21 July 1845; appointed Assistant Commissioner Saugor and Nerbudda Territories on 11 October 1856, and Officiating Deputy Commissioner of Seonee on 4 December 1856; Captain on 16 December 1859; Major on 5 January 1865; Lieutenant-Colonel on 5 January 1871; Colonel on 5 January 1876; and Major-General on 30 November 1878. Major-General Hamilton served on the Staff of his Regiment throughout the Punjab Campaign, and was present at the actions of Ramnuggur, Chilianwala, and Goojerat, in which last action his turban was shot through, and his horse killed under him; also with Sir W. R. Gilbert’s Force in pursuit of the Sikhs and Afghans to Peshawur (Medal and 2 Clasps). Served as a volunteer against the rebels in the Saugor district in 1857, and led an advance party of the 31st Native Infantry when attacked by the Patun rebels on 19 July 1857, when one of Shagurh Rajah’s guns was captured (Medal).