Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Colonel Sir Lumley Graham, Bt., 19th Foot, late 41st and 43rd Regiments, who served as A.D.C. to Major-General Eyre in the Crimea, where he was severely wounded before Sebastopol and suffered the loss of his right arm

South Africa 1834-53 (Captn. L. Graham, 43rd Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Major Lumley Graham, 41st Regt.), old engraved naming; France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, several bent arm points and extensive damage to enamel; Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, Hunt & Roskill pattern, unnamed, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine or better unless otherwise stated (5) £2500-3000

Lumley Graham was born in 1828, the son of Sir Sanford Graham, Bt., of Kirkstall, Yorkshire, a contemporary of Lord Byron who travelled in Greece before entering politics.

Appointed an Ensign in the 43rd Regiment in August 1847, Lumley obtained his Lieutenancy in February 1851, and witnessed active service in the Kaffir War 1851-53 (Medal).

Advanced to Captain in June 1854, he next served in the Crimea 1854-55 in the 41st Regiment, part of the time as A.D.C. to Major-General Eyre, including the battles of Alma and Inkermann, and the siege of Sebastopol, at which latter place he was severely wounded on 29 August 1855, necessitating the amputation of his right arm (Medal & 3 clasps; Turkish Medal). He had meanwhile been advanced to Major, and was also appointed a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour and to the 5th Class of the Turkish Order of Medjidie.

Having then attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1856, he inherited the Baronetcy in 1874, and returned to Kirkstall to run the family estate. Sir Lumley died in 1890; also see Lot 273 for his dress miniature medals.

It is understood that there may be another South Africa 1853 medal named to this recipient in the Castle Museum, Cape Town