The Collection of Napoleonic War Medals formed by the late R.W. Gould, M.B.E.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (H. C. M. Cox, Lieut. & Adjt. 5th Battn. Bengal Volrs.) good very fine and scarce
£2000-2500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Napoleonic War Medals formed by the late R.W. Gould, M.B.E..

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Ex Payne Collection 1911.

Henry Chambers Murray Cox was born in Calcutta in 1789 and entered the Bengal Army in 1805. He served with the 5th Volunteer Battalion at the capture of Java and Fort Cornelis in 1811, and with the 1/29th Bengal Infantry at the siege and capture of Hathras in 1817, and operations in Oudh in 1822. He was appointed to raise and command the Bundelkhand Provisional Battalion in 1825 and eventually became Colonel of the 58th Bengal Native Infantry. He was promoted to General in December 1871 and died at Burnham, Somerset, on 22 July 1876, aged 87.