Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private George Sutherland, 42nd Royal Highlanders

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Geoe. Sutherland 42nd Regt.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (G. Sutherland, 42nd Rl. Highlanders); Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (2942 Pte. G. Sutherland. 42nd Highrs. 1873-4); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, the earlier awards with contact marks, good fine, the Ashantee good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,200

George Sutherland was born at Calder, Dumbarton, and attested for the 42nd Royal Highlanders at Glasgow on 23 February 1853, aged 17 years 11 months, a baker by trade. He served in Turkey and the Crimea, 2 years 1 month, in the East Indies, 10 years 7 months, and in the Gold Coast, 3 months. He was twice tried by Court Martial and imprisoned for habitual drunkenness and he otherwise had 34 entries in the Regimental Defaulters Book. He was discharged on termination of his second term of limited engagement on 16 June 1874. Sold with confirmation of all medals and clasps and copied discharge papers.