Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Brevet Major H. J. Baynes, 88th Regiment, who was severely wounded at the Battle of Inkermann

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Captn. Henry Baynes, 88th Conght. Rangs.) engraved naming, clasps refitted on a replacement mount; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Capt. H. J. Baynes, 88th Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, unnamed, swivel ring suspension, the three with matching top bars, good very fine (3) £800-£1,200

Provenance: Sothebys, December 1960 (when sold with his father’s medals); Dix Noonan Webb, December 2013.

Henry James Le Marchant Baynes was born in 1829 at Woolwich, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Baynes, Royal Artillery, KH, wounded at Waterloo and Talavera small gold medal recipient. He was commissioned an Ensign in the 88th Regiment on 14 April 1846; purchased a Lieutenancy in September 1848; promoted to Captain in December 1854. Present at the siege of Sebastopol and in the Battles of Alma and Inkermann, he was severely wounded in the latter engagement on 5 November 1854. Lieutenant-Colonel Steevens makes mention of visiting Baynes and another Connaughts’ Officer ‘lying wounded in the same tent’ shortly afterwards (The Crimean Campaign with the Connaught Rangers refers). Later served in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, being present at the operations at Cawnpore, 26 November-6 December 1857; siege of Lucknow and siege of Calpee. With copied research.