Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (W. Miles, 24th Foot) short hyphen reverse,...

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (W. Miles, 24th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with later replacement claw and scroll suspension, edge bruises and light contact marks, otherwise very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Gordon Everson Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2002. William Miles was born in the Parish of Easington, Warwickshire, and enlisted at Stratford-on-Avon on 11 September 1805, aged 17, joining the 24th Foot in December of that year. In July 1806 he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, where he served on garrison duty at Simonstown and Wynberg until June 1810, when the regiment left the Cape for India. He was promoted to Corporal in December 1811, the regiment then being stationed at Fort William. He was reduced to Private in November 1814, the same month that the service companies of the 24th took the field for the Nepaul campaign. In 1817 he was part of the force assembled for the operations against the Pindarees and Maharattas, and in March 1818 he was promoted again to Corporal. Miles was promoted to Sergeant at the end of 1819, and to Colour-Sergeant in October 1822. He returned to England with the regiment in July 1823 and was discharged ‘worn out’ on 29 September 1823. Sold with copied discharge papers.