Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (Private Willm. Carter, Grenr. Gds.) contemporary engraved naming, edge bruises and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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William Carter was born in the Parish of Chiselden, near Swindon, Wiltshire, and enlisted into the Grenadier Guards on 12 November 1844, aged 22 years. He was wounded at the Alma by a musket ball which passed through his right leg, disabling him for life. He was discharged in August 1856, was admitted to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, as an In-Patient in May 1889, and died on 23 April 1897.