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

Pair: Colonel Thomas Hall, Grenadier Guards, late 14th Foot

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (Thos. Hall, Lieut.14th Foot); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Captn. T. Hall, 14th Foot, A.D.C.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, both medals fitted with silver ribbon brooch and contained in old fitted case by Spink, Piccadilly, extremely fine (2) £3000-3500

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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Thomas Hall joined the 14th Foot as Ensign on 26 September 1806, and was promoted to Lieutenant the following year. He took part in the capture of the Isle of France in 1810 and in the operations that led to the capture of Java in 1811, including the engagements of Batavia and Weltevreiden, the storming of the entrenched lines at Fort Cornelis, storming the heights of Serandole and the capture of Fort Samarang. During 1815 he served for a brief period as D.A.A.G. to Sir Hudson Lowe’s Army in the South of France.

Hall was next present at the siege and capture of Bhurtpoor in 1825-26 as Aide de Camp to Brigadier-General Edwards who fell leading the storming column. For his services on this occasion, Hall was thanked in general orders and promoted to the Brevet of Major. After various further promotions, he was made Colonel in the Grenadier Guards in 1857 prior to his retirement from the army. Appointed a Deputy-Lieutenant for Argyllshire in 1859, Colonel Hall died in the early part of 1870.

Sold with further research and a period copy of a contemporary photograph of Hall in later life wearing his medals as Deputy-Lieutenant for Argyll circa 1860.