Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Sergeant Walter Budd, Royal Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Walter Budd, R.A.) privately impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Walter Budd, R.A.) privately impressed naming, fitted with a swivel ring suspension, both with silver buckle brooch bars, first with heavy edge bruising and contact marks; second worn, fine (2) £120-160

Walter Budd was born in Ross, near Hereford. A Shoemaker by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at the Thames Police Courts on 15 March 1854, aged 21 years. With the Artillery he served 10 months in the Crimea; 2 years, 10 months in Bermuda and 3 years, 6 months in Mauritius. Attained the rank of Sergeant in July 1867. Transferred to Coastal Artillery in May 1869. Having married Ann Baxter at Filey, North Yorkshire on 16 July 1871, he took his discharge at Tynemouth Castle on 29 March 1875, intending to live in Filey He died there and was buried in the churchyard of St. Oswald’s Church. With copied service papers and a modern photograph of his grave stone.