Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, clasp loose on riband (Pte. Jas. Trumpeter. 46th. Rt.) Hunt and Roskell engraved naming, edge bruising, nearly very fine £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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James Trumpeter was born in Saxmundham, Suffolk, in 1832 and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot at Bury St. Edmunds on 14 June 1854. He sailed for the Crimea with the main body of the Regiment on the steam transport Prince, and disembarked at Balaklava Harbour on 8 November 1854. He was sent sick to Scutari on 26 December 1854, and remained there until 27 March 1855, when he was sent back to England. He rejoined the Regiment in the Crimea on 3 February 1856, and saw further service in the Ionian Islands and in India. He was ‘sent home’ from India on 7 February 1865, and was discharged prior to the 1871 Census. He died in Camberwell in 1891.

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