Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1261 Corpl. W. Hanson. 6th Dgns. 6th D) officially impressed naming where shown in bold, other details engraved as often found for this regiment, good very fine £600-£800

The musters show he was effective from the 1st October to 31st December 1854, and was discharged on 9 July 1866.

William Hanson’s name appears on the latest reconstructed list of ‘Chargers’ as having ‘probably rode in the Charge’: most members of the Heavy Brigade entitled to the Balaklava clasp, in the absence of any evidence or status details to the contrary, took part in the Charge, and it is only the absence of some definite proof that means Hanson is listed as a probable ‘Charger’, rather then a definite ‘Charger’.