Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Trumpeter J. Modget, Bengal Horse Artillery

Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (H: P: Trumpr J: Moget [sic] 2nd Brigade H: Ay.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Trumptr. J Modget. 1st Tp. 1. Bde. Bengl. Arty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Serjt. J. Modget, Bengal H. Art. 1st Bde.) light contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £1,800-£2,200

J. Modget attested for the Bengal Horse Artillery and served during the First Sikh War at the Battle of Aliwal on 28 January 1846, as a Trumpeter in the 2nd Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery, ansd at the Battle of Sobraon on 10 February 1846. At Aliwal, with the enemy occupying an entrenched position with their backs to the River Sutlej, the 1st and 3rd Troops, 2nd Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery rode with the 16th Lancers during their famous charge. While the infantry attacked the Sikh front, the 16th Lancers flushed the defenders out of the bastion and into the guns of the Bengal Horse Artillery.

Modget saw further service on the North-West Frontier in Brigadier Sir Colin Campbell's 1852 expedition against the Utman Khels. On 20 April that year, the British-held village of Charsada was attacked by 200 Utman Khel tribesmen, who killed native government officials and looted the Treasury. Campbell's retaliation was swift, and he laid siege to the town of Pranghar on 13 May. The 1st Troop, 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery bombarded Pranghar's walls and quickly broke the enemy's resolve.

Modget went on to serve with the 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery during the Great Sepoy Mutiny at the Siege of Delhi, where they formed part of Brigadier John Nicholson's force at the Battle of Nujjufghur on 25 August 1857; the Second Relief of Lucknow; and the subsequent re-capture of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell.