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拍品專文
Ex McKenzie Collection.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Hibbert was appointed a Cornet in February 1813 and 'joined the Peninsular Army in 1814, and after the termination of that War he proceeded to America and was present at New Orleans'. But he did not qualify for his first Medal until Waterloo, at which battle he fought in Captain R.P. Stewart's Company. Hibbert went on to gain advancement to Captain in March 1823 and to Major in November 1835, but did not witness further action until the First Afghan War, when he assumed command of the Regiment:
'At the commencement of the First Afghan War, the 40th was detached by Sir John Keane to take possession of the port of Kurrachee in Scinde. Subsequently the Regiment took to the field under General Nott, and served at the defence of Candahar during the Winter of 1840-41, when that city was beleaguered by a force of 10,000 Afghans; at the action of Gonine and re-capture of Ghuznee, and with the force under Nott, which marched to join General Pollock and reached Cabul on 17 September 1842, just ten days before the return of the Avenging Army to India' (Records and Badges of the British Army, by Chichester and Burges-Short refers).
For his leadership during these operations, Hibbert was given the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel and created a C.B. (London Gazette 24.12.1842 refers). He became a substantive half-Colonel in July 1845 and died in November 1847 while still serving as C.O.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Hibbert was appointed a Cornet in February 1813 and 'joined the Peninsular Army in 1814, and after the termination of that War he proceeded to America and was present at New Orleans'. But he did not qualify for his first Medal until Waterloo, at which battle he fought in Captain R.P. Stewart's Company. Hibbert went on to gain advancement to Captain in March 1823 and to Major in November 1835, but did not witness further action until the First Afghan War, when he assumed command of the Regiment:
'At the commencement of the First Afghan War, the 40th was detached by Sir John Keane to take possession of the port of Kurrachee in Scinde. Subsequently the Regiment took to the field under General Nott, and served at the defence of Candahar during the Winter of 1840-41, when that city was beleaguered by a force of 10,000 Afghans; at the action of Gonine and re-capture of Ghuznee, and with the force under Nott, which marched to join General Pollock and reached Cabul on 17 September 1842, just ten days before the return of the Avenging Army to India' (Records and Badges of the British Army, by Chichester and Burges-Short refers).
For his leadership during these operations, Hibbert was given the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel and created a C.B. (London Gazette 24.12.1842 refers). He became a substantive half-Colonel in July 1845 and died in November 1847 while still serving as C.O.