Campaign Groups and Pairs 336
Four: Sergeant E. Lane, 6th Dragoon Guards, later 1st Dragoon Guards, who was slightly wounded at Narnoul during the Indian Mutiny on 16 November 1857
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte. E. Lane. 6th. Dgn. Gds.) contemporarily engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Edwd. Lane, 6th. Dragn. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (849. Sergt. E. Lane 1st. Dragn. Gds.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (E. Lane. 6th. Dgn. Gds.) contemporarily engraved naming, plugged and fitted with Crimea-style suspension, heavy contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (4)
£500-£700
Edward Lane attested for the 6th Dragoon Guards, and served with them during the Crimean War, and in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, where he was slightly wounded at Narnoul on 16 November 1857.
Note: The latest published transcript of the Indian Mutiny Medal Roll shows the recipient as being entitled to the clasp for Delhi.
337
Pair: Private H. Hobart, 6th Dragoon Guards
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte H. Hobart 6th Drag Gds.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasps (Henry. Hobart. 6th Dragoon Gds) contact marks, generally nearly very fine (2)
£280-£320 Died 30 June 1860.
338
Three: Gunner G. Richardson, Royal Artillery
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, this loose on riband, unnamed as issued; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Gr. & Dr. Geo. Richardson, 12th. Bn. R. Arty.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, plugged and fitted with simple scroll suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3)
£340-£380
George Richardson was born in Shankill, Belfast, and attested for the Royal Artillery in March 1849. He served in the Crimea; with the 5th Company, 12th Battalion in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny; and in Bermuda. He was discharged at Portsmouth on 28 June 1870, after 20 years and 233 days’ service; with 54 entries in the Regimental defaulters book, and having been tried five times by Court Martial, he did not qualify for a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
The 5th Company, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery received the Honour Title “Strange’s Battery” for their action near Doadpore (20 October 1858) when two guns, under the command of Lieutenant T. B. Strange, outran their own cavalry, drove over a gun emplacement, routed the enemy, and captured their guns.
339
Pair: Drummer James Richardson, 18th Regiment
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Drumr. Jas. Richardson 18th Regt.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2)
£200-£260
340
Pair: Major H. D. Marsh, 82nd Regiment
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. H. D. Marsh. 82nd Regt.) engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasps (Lieut. H. D. Marsh, 82nd Regt.) light contact marks, therefore generally very fine (2)
£400-£500
Henry Dyke Marsh was the son of Captain E. Marsh, Indian Army, of Ivychurch, Kent and Nethersole, Somerset. He was commissioned Ensign in the 82nd Foot in September 1854, and advanced to Lieutenant in July the following year. Marsh served with the Regiment in the Crimea from 2 September 1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol.
Marsh served in the North West Provinces during the Indian Mutiny, and was present at the operations at Cawnpore under Windham (where he had his horse disabled whilst serving as Acting Orderly Officer), and the defeat there of the Gwalior Contingent (6 December 1857) by Lord Clyde; also being present at the action of Kala, Nuddee, the occupation of Futtehghur, capture of Bareilly, relief of Shahjehanpore, actions of Khankur and Bunkagaon, and the affairs of Mahomdee and Shahabad.
Marsh advanced to Captain in March 1863, and retired with the rank of Major. He was subsequently appointed a Military Knight of Windsor, and died in August 1907.
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