Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (2892 Pte. Thos. Beamer. 1/23 Foot.) a post-1873 later issue, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £180-£220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

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Thomas Beamer was born in Somerset in 1828, and attested for the 40th Foot at Taunton on 14 March 1846. He transferred to the 23rd Foot on 1 April 1847, and served with the 1st Battalion in Canada from 11 May 1847 to 28 July 1853; in the Crimea from 4 May 1855 to 21 July 1856 (entitled to Crimea Medal with clasp Sebastopol and Turkish Crimea Medal); and in India from 23 June 1857. He died of hepatitis at Lucknow on 17 November 159, after 13 years and 249 days’ service.

Sold with copied research.