Campaign Groups and Pairs 76 Six: Private Thomas Adams, 71st Highland Light Infantry, later 23rd and 26th Foot


Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (No ..94 Thomas Adams 71 H. Lt. Infy) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Thos. Adams 71st Highd. L.I.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (3494, T. Adams, H.Ms. 71st Regt.); Abyssinia 1867, naming obliterated from the reverse and unlikely to be his original medal; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1467, T. Adams, 26th Foot.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (No. 3494 Thomas Adams 74th Hd. Lt. Infy.) contemporary engraved naming as the first, fitted with replacement scroll suspension, heavy edge bruising and contact marks with partial losses to naming, fair to fine (6)


£400-£500


Thomas Adams was born in the Parish of Newton, near New Battle, Midlothian, and attested for the 71st Highland Light Infantry at Dunfermline on 30 June 1852, aged 19. He served with the 71st in the Crimea, Central India and in the Umbeyla campaigns, and volunteered to join the 23rd Foot on 2 November 1864, at Agra. Following another three years service in India, he volunteered to join the 26th Foot on 1 November 1867, serving with that regiment in the Abyssinian campaign that immediately followed. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity of £5 on 20 March 1871, and was discharged at Portsmouth on 2 March 1875. His discharge papers confirm that he was ‘in possession of four good conduct badges & the medal for long service & good conduct & the medals for Crimea, clasp Sebastopol, Turkish medal, Indian medal & Clasp for Central India & N.W. Provinces medal & Clasp for Umbeyla & Abyssinian medal.’ Sold with copied discharge papers, medal roll extracts and muster details.


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Four: Sergeant-Major Michael Dinneen, New Zealand Permanent Militia, late 70th Foot and 81st Foot


India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (2632 M. Dinneen 81st Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (2632 M Dinneen, H.Ms. 81st Regt.); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (532 Corpl. Michael Duicen 70th Foot); New Zealand Auxiliary Long Service Medal (84. Sgt.-Major Michael Dinneen. P.M.) all fitted with attractively engraved silver ribbon brooch buckles, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better(4)


£1,600-£2,000


Michael Dalton Dinneen was a native of Tipperary and enlisted at Templemore into the 81st Foot on 5 February 1852, aged 17 years 6 months. He served with the 81st in operations on the North West Frontier in April and May 1858, and in the latter stages of the Indian Mutiny. He transferred to the 70th Foot on 1 November 1858, and proceeded with the regiment from Calcutta to New Zealand in 1861 where he served throughout the Waikato and Taranaki wars as a Corporal. He was discharged at Auckland on 13 August 1864, having completed his period of limited engagement. In 1868 he joined the Armed Constabulary, serving in Auckland, Waikato, and Alexandra, retiring with the rank of Sergeant-Major when the force was disbanded, after which he settled in Kihikihi in 1887. His medal for the North West Frontier was sent to him in November 1872, care of ‘New Zealand Armed Constabulary Force, Hamilton, New Zealand.’ Examination of the N.Z. Medal roll, signed at Kinsale, 1869, reveals rather spidery handwriting and it can be seen that ‘Dinneen’ could easily be misread as ‘Duicen’. Sold with research including a copied article from the Auckland Volume of the Cyclopedia of New Zealand with a photograph of Dinneen wearing three medals.


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