Four: Colonel H. F. Strange, C.B., Royal Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lt. Coll. H. F. Strange. C.B. R.A.) contemporary engraved naming in the style of Hunt & Roskell; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, plugged at 12 o’clock and fitted with Crimean suspension, first with edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (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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Henry Francis Strange was born on 28 May 1822, and was appointed a Gentleman Cadet on 6 February 1838, and subsequently;: 2nd Lieutenant on 19 June 1841; 1st Lieutenant on 7 April 1842; 2nd Captain on 30 June 1848; Captain on 30 May 1854; Brevet Major on 12 December 1854; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 2 November 1855; Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 April 1861; and Colonel on 19 March 1869.

Colonel Strange served the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the affairs of Bulganac and M’Kenzie’s Farm; the battles of Alma and Inkermann; the siege and fall of Sebastopol; in the trenches with the siege train, and at the bombardments of October, 6 April and 17 June; the assault and capture of “Mamelon” and “Quarries”; the assault of the Redan and Malakoff on 18 June and 8 September 1855. He appears in the London Gazette of 2 November 1855, in the despatch of Officer Commanding Siege Train dated 12 September 1855 (Medal for Crimea, Clasps for Alma, Inkermann and Sebastopol; 5th Class of the Medjidie; 5th Class Legion of Honour; Companion of the Bath, and Turkish Medal). Strange was later Assistant Adjutant General R.A. in Ireland, from 1 July 1863 until 31 August 1865. Colonel Strange died in London on 16 December 1870.