A C.B. group of four awarded to General J. H. E. Dalrymple, Scots Fusilier Guards
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enanel, hallmarks for London 1877?, with swivel ring and straight bar suspension; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lt. Col. I. H. E. Dalrymple (sic), S.F. Gds. 18th May 1855), engraved naming; Turkey, Order of Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian obverse, unofficial issue, unnamed, swivel ring suspension, second with minor contact marks, very fine and better (4) £1600-1800

John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple was born on 6 January 1819 and entered the Army by purchase aged 18 years as a Lieutenant in the Scots Fusilier Guards on 10 November 1837. He gained the ranks of Captain by purchase in December 1844 and Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase in March 1853. Lieutenant-Colonel Dalrymple served in the Crimea War, up until 8 November 1854, serving at the battle of Alma, where he was wounded; at Inkerman and at the siege of Sebastopol. For his services he was awarded the Turkish Order of Medjidie. Dalrymple returned early from the Crimea and was present at the medal award ceremony at Hyde Park on 18 May 1855 and received his medal directly from Queen Victoria - the date of which is recorded on his medal. He was promoted to Colonel in November 1854 and commanded the 2nd Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards on the expedition through New Brunswick after the ‘Trent affair’ in the Winter of 1861-62. He was promoted to Major-General in October 1866, Lieutenant-General in September 1874 and attained the rank of General in October 1877. He was appointed Colonel of the 108th Regiment Madras Infantry in November 1875 and then Colonel of the 71st Highland Light Infantry in January 1880. In 1877 he was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath (London Gazette 2 June 1877). He was placed on the Retired List on 1 July 1881 and died on 28 June 1888. Sold with copied photograph and research.