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

The Second Burma War and Indian Mutiny campaign group to Lieutenant-General W. H. Whitlock, 5th Madras Native Infantry, severaly wounded at Pegu when a Volunteer with H.M.’s 51st Light Infantry, later A.D.C. to his father during the Central India campaign

(a) India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Lieut. W. H. Whitlock, 5th Regt. M.N.I.)

(b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lt. W. H. Whitlock, A.D.C. 5th Madras N.I.)

(c) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. W. H. Whitlock, A.D.C. Saugor Fd. Dn.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000

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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William Henry Whitlock, the son of Lieutenant-General Sir George Whitlock (See Lot 89) and Harriet, the third daughter of Sir Samuel Toller, Advocate General at Madras, was born at French Rocks on 21 March 1833, and was educated under the Rev. Richard Needham at Stonehouse, Devon. He was commissioned Ensign in the 5th Madras Native Infantry on 20 September 1849, on which day he embarked for India in the Indus. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 March 1851, he served in the second Burmese War, being present in the action off Rangoon on 11 April 1852. He served as a volunteer with H.M’s 51st Light Infantry at the capture of White House Stockade on the 12th, and on 21 November was severely wounded in the right elbow during the attack and capture of Pegu (London Gazette 18 January 1853), in consequence of which he received a gratuity of six months full pay. In 1855 he proceeded ‘with recruits to Bombay’ in the Kingston, whence he was permitted free passage to his Presidency.

From October 1858 to December 1859, he served the campaign in Saugor in suppression of the Mutiny, and acted as Aide-de-Camp to his father who commanded the Saugor Field Division. Advanced to the rank of Captain on 31 October 1859, he was appointed Acting Adjutant of his regiment in 1865, and ‘2nd Wing Subaltern, 5th Regiment’ the following year. He was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1867, and Acting Superintendent the following year. He was promoted Major in 1869; Lieutenant-Colonel in 1875; Brevet Colonel in 1880; Major-General in 1890; and Lieutenant-General in 1894. General Whitlock married Margaret, daughter of Major-General Edward Lawford, Madras Engineers, at Madras in December 1859, and died in London on 22 January 1900.

Refs: Hodson Index (NAM(; IOL L/MIL/11/58; L/MIL/11/81; L/MIL/11/57; L/MIL/11/60; Hart’s Army List 1885.