43rd Monmouth Light Infantry Medal, obv. engraved, ‘a crown with pendant bugle horn, with ‘43’ in the centre, ‘Monmouth Light Infantry’; rev. engraved, ‘Presented to James Webb Sergt., Brevet Major Tylden’s Coy., 1st Batt. 43rd L.I. A reward for his Soldierly Merit & Gallant Conduct while serving in the Peninsula with the Light Division 1814’, 55mm., silver, with fixed ring suspension, good very fine £600-800

Sir John Maxwell Tylden was commissioned a Lieutenant in November 1804, promoted to Captain in September 1809 and received the brevet of Major in December 1811. With the 43rd Regiment he served as Brigade Major in South America and was present at the capture of Montevideo, January/February 1806 and the unsuccessful attack on Buenos Aires in July 1807. Was with the 43rd in Sir John Moore’s Peninsula campaign of 1808-9 and with the 1st Battalion when it returned to Portugal in 1809. Present in the attack on Java, August 1811, he then returned to the Peninsula and served at the battle of Nive, 13 December 1813. With the 52nd Light Infantry at the end of the Peninsula War, he was present at the battles of Orthes, 27 February 1814 and Toulouse, 10 April 1814. He was later awarded the M.G.S. Medal with 4 clasps. He then served in the latter stages of the war in America and served as Assistant Adjutant General at the battle of New Orleans, January 1815. He retired from the service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 12 August 1819 and died on 18 May 1866. Sold with copied research, some from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum providing information on two possible ‘James Webbs’, neither of whom reached the rank of Sergeant. Medal not listed in Balmer. Ex D.N.W. 17 September 2004, lot 554, £820.