Samuel BOLTON
- Extended Description
- Colonel Samuel BOLTON.
31st Regiment
Mortally wounded at the battle of Moodkee (Mudki) December 1845 and died 4 January 1846 aged 54.
Commemorated on the memorial to the fallen in Civil Cemetery, Ferozepore, India
Extract credit to http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/31stfoot.htm
First Sikh War 1845-6 Mudki
The first battle of the war was at Mudki (or Moodkee) on 18th Dec 1845. The regiment, in the first Infantry Division, was brigaded with two sepoy battalions, all led by Colonel Samuel Bolton of the 31st. They moved ahead and forced their way into the Sikh lines, unsupported by the Sepoy battalions. They overcame fierce resistance, captured a large battery and drove off the enemy infantry. Colonel Bolton was mortally wounded. He had survived the Peninsula War, although wounded at Albuhera and commanded the regiment since 1835. Other officers killed at Mudki were Captain William Gibson Willies, Lt J Brenchley and Lt Henry W Hart.
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/31stRegimentofFoot.html
Commemorated on a family headstone at
Newnham on Severn St Peter Churchyard, Gloucestershire.
