Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private Paul Roe, 41st Foot

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Fort Detroit (Paul Roe, 41st Foot); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (P. Roe, 41st Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, the first with edge bruise, good very fine, the second with re-fixed suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine (2) £4000-4500

Army of India sold at Glendinings in 1947 and since reunited as a pair, one of only seven such pairs to the regiment.

Paul Roe was born at Niles, Somerset, and was a miner before enlisting into the 41st Foot. He served with the regiment in America during the War of 1812 and was present at the capture of Fort Detroit on 16 August 1812, and subsequent actions at Queenstown, 13 October 1812, Miami, 21 January 1813, and Lake Erie, 10 September 1813. Rowe was taken prisoner on 5 October 1813, at the battle of Thames River, an American victory also known as Moravian Town, at which the Shawnee Chief Techumseh was killed. He appears to have remained a prisoner until the war ended in 1815. He was discharged ‘worn out in the service’ on 25 April 1827, and died at Bristol on 9 May 1857. Sold with copy pay lists and other research.