Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Drummer W. T. Westhorpe, 29th Regiment

Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Drumr. William T. Westhorpe 29th Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Drumr. W. T. Westhorpe, 29th Foot.) edge bruising, contact marks and a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £700-£900

William Thomas Westhorpe was born in the Parish of St Mary’s, Westminster, and attested for the 29th Foot at Woolwich on 25 January 1840, aged 14 years. He served in the East Indies for practically the entirety of his service - six years, six months. He was appointed a Drummer from 1 November 1841 to 5 February 1851, when he was promoted Corporal. He was reduced from Corporal on 28 December 1852, ‘in confinement’, but promoted again on 18 March 1858; however, on 4 March 1859, he was ‘tried and reduced for being Drunk on duty not under arms’. Westhorpe was finally discharged at Devonport on 10 July 1860, suffering from ‘chronic hepatitis, rheumatism and bronchitis’ contracted while on service in India. His discharge papers record that ‘[h]e wears the Sutlej medal & one clasp - also the Punjab medal & two clasps.’

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