Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals J. G. P. Moore, Army Medical Department

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Surg. Maj. J. G. P. Moore, A.M.D.) contemporary engraved naming; Order of the Medjidie, 5th class, silver, gold and enamels, later type circa 1885; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £500-600

James Guy Piers Moore was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A. 1834), and appointed Assistant Surgeon on 3 March 1837. He was appointed successively to the 94th Foot in July 1838, the 65th Foot in April 1842, the 97th Foot in September 1845, and to the 88th Foot in June 1846. He became Surgeon Major on the Staff in December 1854, and served the Eastern Campaign of 1854-55, including the affairs at Bulgannac, battle of Alma, capture of Balaklava, sortie of 26 October, battle of Inkermann, and siege of Sebastopol (Medal with 4 clasps, Medjidie 5th class, Turkish medal). He retired on half pay with honorary rank of Deputy Inspector General on 12 September 1865, and died at Clifton on 9 March 1881.