Four: Battery Sergeant Major R. Campbell, Royal Horse Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Robert Campbell. C. Troop. R.H.A.) depot impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Sergt. Robt. Campbell. Rl. H. Art.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Batty. Sergt. Major R. Campbell, B. Bde. R.H.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Robert Campbell. G. Troop. Royal Horse Artillery) contemporarily impressed naming, plugged and fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, traces of lacquer, generally very fine (4) £700-£900

Robert Campbell was born in Glasgow in 1834 and attested there for the Royal Horse Artillery on 10 November 1852. He served with C Troop in the Crimea from May 1854 to June 1856, and was promoted Bombardier on 29 September 1855, and Corporal on 23 February 1856. Promoted Sergeant on 4 November 1856, he saw further service with E Troop in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny from 7 November 1857 to 21 April 1862, and was wounded slightly in the neck on 11 June 1858. He was advanced Battery Sergeant Major on 18 January 1864, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal shortly before finally being discharged on 25 November 1873, after 21 years and 16 days’ service. He was later an in-pensioner at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.