The Brian Ritchie Collection of H.E.I.C. and British India Medals

The Candahar campaign medal to Gunner Thomas Norton, Bengal Foot Artillery

Candahar 1842 (Gunner Thomas Norton, 4th Compy. 2nd Battn. Bengal Foot Arty.) fitted with silver clip and straight bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Ritchie Collection of H.E.I.C. and British India Medals.

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28 medals for Candahar issued to this unit.

Thomas Norton enlisted in London on 4 October 1826, for unlimited service in the East India Company’s Artillery. He was then aged 19 years, a native of Kenny, county Limerick, and a labourer prior to his enlistment. He joined the East India Company recruit depot at Broughton Barracks, Chatham, on 24 October 1826, where he was allocated to Bengal. He arrived at Calcutta on the Repulse on 11 May 1827, and was subsequently posted as 1821 Gunner, Bengal Foot Artillery. Listed in the muster of 1 September 1842 as a Gunner in the 4th Company 2nd Battalion, Bengal Artillery, he was transferred to the Bengal European Invalids at Chunar on 1 December 1845. Gunner Thomas Norton died on 21 April 1852.

Refs: IOR L/MIL/9/3; L/MIL/10/123; L/MIL/10/163.