Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Private H. Burrows, 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (8th Hussars) officially impressed; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (8th Hussars); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, generally good very fine (3) £400-500

Henry Burrows was born in Manchester, enlisting into the 8th Hussars in October 1854. He served in the Crimea, taking part in the operations before Sebastopol, before being hospitalised at Scutari due to sickness, and invalided back to England on 7 September 1855. He later served in Central India, dying at Nusseerabad on 31 August 1859. Sold with further research detail.