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27 & 28 September 2016

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Lot

№ 1045

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28 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£300

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Assistant Surgeon T. Clarke. 33rd. Regt.) somewhat rubbed with contemporarily engraved naming, with top silver riband buckle, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps, pawn broker’s mark to reverse, very fine £400-500

Thomas Clarke was born on 11 December 1832 and having joined the Army Medical Service as an Assistant Surgeon on 7 April 1854 was posted to the 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot on 28 April of that year. He served with the 33rd in the Crimean War, and was present at the Battles of Alma and Inkermann, the siege of Sebastopol, and the assaults on the Grand Redan on 18 June and 8 September 1855, and was one of seven Officers and men of the Regiment awarded the Sardinian War Medal. Promoted Surgeon, Staff on 11 November 1864, he joined the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot on 9 March 1867, and retired on half pay with the honorary rank of Brigadier on 8 May 1880. He died in London on 23 December 1891.