Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Quartermaster Serjeant J. Holland, 44th Regiment, wounded in action at Sebastopol, 17 October 1854

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (Serjt. James Holland. 44th Regt.) officially impressed naming; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Serjt. James Holland, 44th Regt.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, pierced with ring suspension, unnamed, contact marks, slight edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (3) £500-550

John Holland was born in Edinburgh. A Stocking Weaver by occupation, he attested for the 44th Regiment at Perth on 20 June 1843, aged 17 years, 10 months. With the regiment he served in the Mediterranean, 5 years, 9 months; in Turkey and the Crimea, 1 year; China, 1 year, 8 months and the East Indies, 5 years, 3 months. He received a shrapnel wound in the right ankle in the trenches before Sebastopol on 17 October 1854 (London Gazette 11 November 1854). Holland was promoted to Corporal in January 1847 but reduced in September 1847 for being drunk. Once more promoted to Corporal in November 1849 and then advanced to Serjeant in October 1852 and Quartermaster Serjeant in May 1865. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. with a gratuity of £5 in May 1867. He was discharged with a pension on 2 May 1868. With copied service papers.