CANDAHAR MEDAL

A RARE CANDAHAR 1842 TO A PRIVATE OF THE 41ST FOOT WHO ALONG WITH ANOTHER PRIVATE, WAS MURDERED BY A PARTY OF THE ENEMY ON 12 SEPTEMBER AT ISTURGUCH

CANDAHAR 1842 ‘GEOE. GLUE, 41ST REGT.’

George Glue enlisted into the 6th Foot at Leeds on 19 July 1838, and joined the regiment at Coloba, Bombay, on 3 August 1839. He volunteered to the 41st Foot on 17 July 1841 and thereafter appears in the muster rolls as 1544 Private ‘John’ Glue. The muster for September 1842 notes that he was ‘murdered 12 Sept. Regt at Isturguch’.

The regimental history records: ‘12th. In the evening two privates of H.M. 41st most imprudently strolled unarmed along the river side to a considerable distance from camp; they were met by a party of the enemy, cut down and dreadfully mangled. A company was sent out upon information, and the bodies brought in and buried.’

Condition VF, some contact wear fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, some EK’s. Sold with a well put together file of research, including narratives of campaigns, service from musters etc.