Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Capt. C: Lewis 80th Regt.) some marks in obverse field, otherwise good very fine £1,200-£1,600

Charles Lewis was appointed Cornet in the Royal Wagon Train on 9 June 1813, and served in the Peninsula from October 1813 to the end of the war in 1814 (He did not claim for the M.G.S. medal and probably did not qualify for one). Promoted to Lieutenant in the 1st Foot on 30 December 1819, and served with the regiment throughout the war in Burma in 1825-26, as Brigade-Major (His Army of India medal for Ava was sold at Glendining’s in July 1909). Promoted to Captain, 22 March 1832, he served the campaign on the Sutlej with the 80th Regiment, including the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur and Sobraon. He received the brevet of Major on 19 June 1846, was made Major on 3 February 1847, and promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 February 1850.