Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Stevenson, 79th Cameron Highlanders

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Captn. Henry H. Stevenson. 79th. Highlanders) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Brig. Majr. Hy. Holford Stevenson.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast badge, by Hunt & Roskell, London, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Bt. Major H. H. Stevenson 79th Highlanders’, with manufacturer’s name around reverse central plate, and additional reverse retaining pin; Sardinia, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Captn. Hy. Holford Stevenson 79 Regt.’; Ottoman Empire, Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’ (Bt. Major H. H. Stevenson 79th. Highlanders) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming, with small ring suspension, minor edge bruising, generally good very fine and better (5) £1,800-£2,200

Henry Holford Stevenson was commissioned Ensign in the 79th Cameron Highlanders from Sandhurst on 29 June 1849 and was promoted Lieutenant on 24 December 1852, and Captain on 29 December 1854. He served with the Regiment throughout the entire Crimean War (one of only 8 Officers of the Regiment to do so), including the battles of Alma and Balaklava, and the siege and fall of Sebastopol; the assaults of 18 June and 8 September 1855; and the expeditions to Kertch and Yenikale. For his services in the Crimea he was awarded the Sardinian Al Valore Militare, and the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh Fifth Class.

Stevenson saw further service in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, including at the siege and capture of Lucknow; and acted as Brigade Major from February 1858. For his services during the Mutiny he was Mentioned in Despatches, and was promoted Brevet Major. He was subsequently appointed Aide-de-Camp to General Sir Duncan Cameron Commanding the Forces in Scotland, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 25 March 1869. He died at Llangorse, Brecknockshire, on 7 May 1892.

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For the Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to his cousin, Lieutenant H. P. Holford, see Lot 382.