Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Gunner and Driver J. Montgomery, Royal Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Gr. & Dr. J. Montgomery. 11th. Bn. Rl. Art.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Gr. J. Montgomery. 6B. 13B. R.A.) contemporarily engraved naming, plugged and fitted with a small ring suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £280-£340

John Montgomery was born Girvan, Ayrshire, in 1828 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Ayr on 26 January 1847. He served with the 11th Battalion in the Crimea, before transferring to the 13th Brigade, and saw further service with them in India before being posted to the School of Gunnery on 1 May 1863. He was discharged on 1 June 1869, after 22 years and 32 days’ service; he did not receive a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

Sold with copied record of service.