CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
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Four: Sergeant R. Dunn, 72nd Highlanders
CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Serjeant Robert Dunn, 72d Highlanders, March 5th 1856), contemporary engraved
naming; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (No. 1419 Serjeant Robert Dunn, 72nd Highlanders), contemporary
engraved naming; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Serjt. Robt. Dunn, 72nd Highlanders); ARMY L.S. & G.C.,
V.R., small letters reverse (1419 Serjt. Robt. Dunn, 72nd Foot), mounted as worn in this order, the first with re-riveted
suspension post, generally very fine or better (4) £600-700
Robert Dunn was born in Haddington, East Lothian and enlisted in the 72nd Highlanders at Edinburgh in February 1841, aged 20
years. In his subsequent career of 21 years with the Colours, he served in Gibraltar, Malta, North America and in the East and West
Indies, witnessing active service in the operations before Sebastopol in the Crimea and in Central India during the Mutiny, when the
Regiment suffered a dozen or so casualties in the action at Kotah in March 1858. Dunn, who attained the rank of Sergeant in August
1850, was discharged in July 1862; sold with copied service papers.
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A ‘Thin Red Line’ group of four awarded to Private Angus McGillivray, 93rd Highlanders
CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Augus. McGilvery. 93rd Regt.) impressed naming but not Royal
Mint; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (3037 A. McGillvray, H.Ms. 93rd Regt.); INDIA
GENERAL SERVICE 1854-94, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (3037 A. McGillivray H.M. 93rd Highrs.); Turkish Crimea, British issue,
unnamed, note variations in spelling of surname, nearly extremely fine (4) £1800-2200
On 24 October 1854, the 93rd routed the Russian cavalry charge at Balaklava earning themselves the nickname of “The Thin Red
Line”. The Times correspondent, William Howard Russell, who standing on the hills above could clearly see that nothing stood
between the Russian cavalry and the defenceless British base but the “thin red streak tipped with a line of steel” of the 93rd. This was
condensed almost immediately into “The Thin Red Line” and later immortalised in the painting by Lady Butler.
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