Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Pearce, Grenadier Guards, who was wounded at Alma, 20 September 1854

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (5888 ... Pearce 3rd Battn. G.R.) regimentally impressed naming, suspension claw loose; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (5888 Pte J Pearce 3rd Battn Grenr Guards) contemporarily engraved naming, plugged with Mutiny style suspension, contact marks, good fine or better (2) £400-500

Joseph Pearce (listed as ‘James’ on the published transcription of the casualty roll) was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Grenadier Guards at Reading, in April 1850. He served with the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Crimea Campaign, and was wounded at Alma, 20 September 1854. He was discharged 12 April 1860, having served 10 years and 10 days with the Colours. He died at 14 St. Mary Street, High Wycombe, 19 June 1908.

Sold with the following original documentation all relating to the recipient’s pension and his deteriorating health: letter to recipient from Royal Hospital Chelsea, dated 14 May 1895; letter from Major C. H. Lobb, Recruiting Officer, Bucks Division to Officer Commanding Grenadier Guards, dated 12 December 1903; letter to Officer Commanding Grenadier Guards from the Royal Hospital Chelsea, dated 31 March 1904; letter from Officer Commanding Grenadier Guards to the Honorary Secretary, Veterans’ Relief Fund, dated 13 April 1908; two personal letters from General Sir George Higginson on ‘Gyldernscroft, Marlow, Bucks.’ letter headed paper, dated 19 May 1908 and 13 May 1908 respectively; two letters written by recipient’s son on his behalf, undated, one addressed from ‘14 St. Marys Street, High Wycombe, Bucks.’