A Collection of Medals to the 13th Regiment and Somerset Light Infantry

Four: Sergeant J. Wells, 16th Foot, late 13th Light Infantry

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte., 13[?]), slack suspension claw, contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (1st Bn. 13th Lt. Infy.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1008 Corpl., 1st Battn. 16 Foot); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die (1st Bn. 13th L.I. ), impressed naming, this last with crudely affixed suspension claw, and, like the first two, with heavy edge bruising and contact marks, thus fine, the third with edge nicks but otherwise very fine or better (4) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 13th Regiment and Somerset Light Infantry.

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John Wells was born at Layham, near Hadleigh in Suffolk and was attested for the 13th Regiment of Light Infantry at Ipswich in October 1848, aged 18 years. He subsequently witnessed active service out in the Crimea, in addition to a stint of garrison duty on Gibraltar, but, in November 1861, he transferred to the 1st Battalion, 16th Regiment, with whom he served for several years in Canada. Wells was advanced to Sergeant in October 1869 and discharged at Curragh in March 1870, the relevant documentation verifying his assorted awards and stating that his intended place of residence was Ipswich.