Four: Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Soady, Royal Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Capt. Fancis J. Soady, R.A.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. & Bt. Major, F. J. Soady, 11th Bde. Rl. Art.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class bears badge, silver, gold and enamel, the reverse backplate engraved ‘F. J. Soady Adjt. Scutari’; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, a fine quality contemporary tailor’s copy (Capt. F. J. Soady. Rl. Art.) nearly very fine (4) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Frances James Soady was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 1 May 1846; 1st Lieutenant on 29 July 1846; Captain on 17 February 1854; Brevet Major on 6 June 1856; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1868; and Lieutenant-Colonel on 25 October 1868.

Lieutenant-Colonel Soady served in the Crimean campaign from December 1854; in the Trenches with the siege train before Sebastopol; and at the bombardments of 9 April, and 6 and 17 June (Brevet Major, Medal with Clasp, 5th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Soady also served in the Indian mutiny campaign of 1858-59, and commanded a Field Battery attached to the force under Lieutenant-Colonel Walker in the attack and defeat of the rebels occupying the fort and jungle of Bungaon in April 1859 (Mentioned in Despatch, Medal).

Sold with copied image of the recipient in uniform wearing his medals.