Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major R. L. Williams, 1st Foot and Quartermaster General’s Department, severely wounded during the final attack on the Grand Redan at Sebastopol, 8 September 1855

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (... Williams 2nd. Bn. ...) contemporarily engraved naming, suspension post re-pinned; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Bt. Major R. L. Williams. 2nd. Bn. 1st. Regt. Dy. Asst. Qr. Mr. Genl.) both with top silver riband buckles, heavy contact marks and pitting, therefore fair (2) £340-380

Richard Llewellyn Williams was commissioned Ensign in the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot on 14 May 1852, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 6 June 1854. He served with the 2nd Battalion in the Crimea, was present at the siege of Sebastopol from 29 August 1855, and was severely wounded during the final attack on the Grand Redan, 8 September 1855. Invalided home from the Crimea, he was promoted to Captain on 15 May 1857. He subsequently served in the Second China War in 1860 with the Quartermaster General’s Department as Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General; was present at the taking of Sinho and Tangku; the actions at Chang-kai-wan on 18 September, and at Pa-li-chiao on 21 September; the occupation of Tientsin, and the surrender of Pekin; and was promoted Brevet-Major. He died in 1885.