Medals to The Gordon Highlanders and Associated Units from the Collection of A.J. Henderson

Pair: Private Robert Bain, 55th Foot, a volunteer from the 92nd Highlanders

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Robert Bain, No. 3490. 55 Regt.) regimentally impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (3490 Pt. R. D. Bain, 55 Rt.) fitted with Crimea suspension, rivets mostly unofficial, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to The Gordon Highlanders and Associated Units from the Collection of A.J. Henderson.

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Robert Bain was born at Leslie, Fife, in about 1831, and was a miner by trade. He enlisted into the 92nd at Edinburgh on 15 January 1850, and served with the regiment in Ireland, Corfu and Gibraltar. On the outbreak of war in the Crimea in 1854, it was decided not to send the 92nd to the seat of war, but that men from the regiment could chose to volunteer into one of the three other regiments then stationed at Gibraltar, all of which were to go to the Crimea. Bain was one of those that volunteered to transfer into the 55th Regiment, with effect from 1 April 1854. In January 1858, he chose to return to the 92nd who he rejoined in India on 1 April that year. He was finally discharged at Perth on 21 September 1860. Sold with full muster details.