Auction Catalogue

18 May 2011

Starting at 12:00 PM

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The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 543

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18 May 2011

Hammer Price:
£600

Three: Gunner W. Townsend, Royal Artillery, late Coldstream Guards
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann (3386 Cpl., 1st Bt. Coldstm. Gds.) engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small reverse letters (1112 Pd. Gunr., 7th Bde. R.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (3386 Cpl., 1st Bt. Coldstm. Gds.) engraved naming, plugged and fitted with scroll suspension, all three with ornate silver brooch bars, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £340-380

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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William Townsend was born in the Parish of Nettleton, near Chippenham, Wiltshire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Coldstream Guards at Monkton on 27 September 1847, aged 18 years, 2 months. With them he served in the Crimea War. Townsend was discharged on 3 March 1857 on the reduction of the Army having enlisted for 10 years. He then attested for the Royal Artillery at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on 25 March 1858. He was discharged in the Isle of Wight on 7 July 1870 having served 2 years, 3 months at Corfu. In 1903 he unsuccessfully applied to be a Chelsea Pensioner. His application being turned down because he still had a dependent wife. With copied service papers.