A fine Officer’s Punjab Medal 1848-1849, 2 Clasps: Goojerat, Mooltan awarded to Ensign G. St. George, 3rd Regiment of Native Infantry, later Lieutenant, 25th Regiment of Native Infantry who saw service during the Second Sikh War in the Punjab Campaign of 1848 to 1849, being present in action at the siege and capture of Mooltan from 7th September 1848 to 22nd January 1849, and the Battle of Goojerat on 21st February 1849, and the subsequent pursuit and surrender of the Sikh Army.
Punjab Medal 1848-1849, 2 Clasps: Goojerat, Mooltan; (ENSIGN GEO. ST. GEORGE. 3RD REGT. N.I.)
Condition: Nearly Extremely Fine
George St. George was the son of Edmond St. George, a private gentleman, and his wife Mary. He was born in London in 1830. By the time of the 1841 census he was boarding with his siter Louisa at the house of Mary Woodman in Westbourne, Sussex, and attended Mr. Roberts’s school at Eagle House in Mitcham, Surrey, but by January 1845 they were in Paris. George spent the year 1845-46 at the Institut Boniface in Paris, following a course of elementary mathematics. He was given a good report, was always regular in attendance and was noted as industrious and well-behaved. In 1847 his aunt, Miss Barwell secured him a nomination for the Bombay Army from director Sir James Law Lushington. George served initially with the 3rd Regiment of Native Infantry as an Ensign and saw service during the Second Sikh War in the Punjab Campaign of 1848 to 1849, being present in action at the siege and capture of Mooltan from 7th September 1848 to 22nd January 1849, and the Battle of Goojerat on 21st February 1849, and the subsequent pursuit and surrender of the Sikh army.
He would later serve with the 25th Regiment of Native Infantry rising to the rank of Lieutenant before his death at the age of 27 on 4th July 1858 whilst on furlough in Brighton.
George’s brother Etienne would also serve, and would be seriously wounded with the 1st Bengal Fusiliers at the siege of Lucknow suffering the effects of a bullet to his liver. He would rise to the rank of Colonel and ended his career as Assistant Secretary to the Government Legislative Department, retiring on 1st April 1875.
