Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lieut. James Lyons. Royal Arty.) contemporary engraved naming in the style of Hunt & Roskell, second clasp loose on ribbon as issued and fitted with Hunt & Roskell silver ribbon buckle, good very fine £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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James Lyons was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 18 June 1851, and subsequently 1st Lieutenant on 19 May 1853, and Second Captain on 21 February 1858. He served in the Eastern campaign of 1854-55, including the battle of Inkermann and the siege of Sebastopol, in the trenches with the siege train, and the bombardments of October and April (Medal and Clasps, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Turkish Medal). He left the Army, or died, circa 1860-62.