CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
538
Three: Major A. C. Snodgrass, 38th Foot, severely wounded in the first attack on the Redan when acting as A.D.C. to
his uncle, Major-General Sir John Campbell, who was killed on that occasion
CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lieut. A. C. Snodgrass, A.D.C. to Sir John Campbell)
contemporary engraved naming; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Capt. A. C. Snodgrass, 38th Regt.); Turkish
Crimea, British issue, contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, together with companion set of three miniature medals, all
fitted with silver ribbon buckles, light contact marks to the first, otherwise good very fine (6) £1000-1200
Sold with his original commission document as Captain of a Company in the 38th Regiment, dated 29 December 1854.
Archibald Campbell Snodgrass was born in the spring of 1832 at Government House, Fredericton, New Brunswick, where his father
was D.Q.M.G. to the forces, and his grandfather, General Sir Archibald Campbell, G.C.B., was lieutenant-governor of the colony. He
entered the army as an Ensign in the 38th Regiment on 6 October 1848, becoming Lieutenant in November 1851 and Captain in
December 1854. Snodgrass landed with the Army in the Crimea at Old Fort on 14 September 1854, as A.D.C. to his uncle, Major-
General Sir John Campbell. He was present at the battles of Alma, Inkermann, the expedition to Kertch and the siege of Sebastopol,
where he was severely wounded and his uncle, Major-General Campbell of the 4th Division, was killed on 18 June 1855, in the first
attack on the Redan. In addition to the British and Turkish medals, Snodgrass was awarded the 5th Class of the Medjidie and the
Sardinian silver medal for valour, and was also made a Brevet Major. He subsequently served with the 38th Regiment in the Indian
Mutiny of 1857-58 and was present at several engagements and at the siege and capture of Lucknow. Major Snodgrass died at
Millbank, near Southampton, on 26 November 1863. Snodgrass appears with Captain Hume (Campbell’s other A.D.C.) in an image
taken by Roger Fenton, the famous Crimean war photographer.
For the Waterloo medal awarded to his father see Lot xxx.
539
Three: Quartermaster Serjeant D. Folly, 88th Regiment
CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol No. 2493 Qr. Mr. Serjt. D. Folly, 88th Regt.) engraved naming;
INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Qr. Mr. Serjt. D. Folly, 88th Regt.); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, British issue (No.
2493 Qr. Mr. Serjt. D. Folly, 88th Regt.) fitted with a ‘British Crimea’ style suspension, edge bruising, contact marks,
nearly very fine (3) £650-750
With the copied discharge papers of ‘550 Sergeant Daniel Foley, 105th, late 88th Regiment’. Daniel Foley was born in Tralee, Co.
Kerry. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service with the 88th Regiment on 31 May 1848, aged 19 years. He attained the rank
of Quartermaster Serjeant in December 1855 and serving in the Crimea, was wounded at Inkermann. After service in the suppression of
the Indian Mutiny, he was reduced to Private for neglect of duty in October 1862. Was transferred to the 105th Regiment in March
1863 and gained the rank of Sergeant in May 1866. Serjeant Foley was discharged on 29 July 1869 on the termination of his second
period of service.
540
Pair: Bugler Dava Singh, Bengal Sappers & Miners
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-95 (4690 Bugler, Bl. Sappers & Miners); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895
-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4690 Bugler, Bl. Sappers & Miners) mounted court style for
wear, slight contact marks, very fine (2) £160-200
www.dnw.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164 |
Page 165 |
Page 166 |
Page 167 |
Page 168 |
Page 169 |
Page 170 |
Page 171 |
Page 172 |
Page 173 |
Page 174 |
Page 175 |
Page 176 |
Page 177 |
Page 178 |
Page 179 |
Page 180 |
Page 181 |
Page 182 |
Page 183 |
Page 184 |
Page 185 |
Page 186 |
Page 187 |
Page 188 |
Page 189 |
Page 190 |
Page 191