Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Colonel T.B. Fanshawe, 33rd Duke of Wellington's Regiment

CRIMEA 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. 33rd Regt. 1855) contemporary engraved naming; TURKISH CRIMEA, British issue, named; ABYSSINIA 1867-68 (Major, 33rd D.W. Regt.) contact marks, good fine and better (3)

Thomas Basil Fanshawe served with the 33rd Regiment in the Crimea from June 1855, including the siege of Sebastopol and assault of the Redan on the 18th June (medal with clasp and Turkish medal). He served as second in command with a wing of the regiment at the siege and occupation of Dwarka, Okamundel, in 1859; and in the Abyssinian campaign where he was present at the storming and capture of Magdala (Medal).