Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Serjt. D. May, 59th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, obverse contact marks, otherwise very fine £1,000-£1,400

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals, the Property of a Lady.

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Daniel May was born at Ellerton, Gloucester, c. 1801, and enlisted into the 59th Foot on 5 February 1819, aged 18, for unlimited service. Promoted Corporal 25 January 1822; Sergeant 25 February 1823, Colour-Sergeant 12 April 1827, and Sergeant-Major 27 April 1838. Served in the East Indies from 10 September 1819, till 31 December 1828. He was wounded in the left knee at Bhurtpoor. Discharged on 12 August 1840, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in the same year, being described at this time as ‘a very good N.C.O. and soldier. A labourer by trade, he received a pension of 2/- per diem, later increased for his service as Barrack Depot Sergeant. He died on 28 November 1874, whilst drawing his pension at Southampton (Sudden Death, Sudden Glory by Daavid Ingham refers).