Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. H. McCullough, 46th Regiment of Foot, who was wounded at the Battle of Inkermann, 5 November 1854

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, suspension claw re-affixed, and clasp carriage altered; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2860 James H. Mc.Cullough 46th. Foot); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks throughout, the first polished, this fine; the other two good very fine (3) £460-£550

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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North West Medals, August 2002 (LS&GC only).

Only a detachment of the Regiment, 6 Officers and 225 men, made up of Sir George Cathcart’s Honour Guard and two companies of the Advance Party, were present at the Battle of Alma on 20 September 1854, and the subsequent actions at Balaklava and Inkermann.

James Henry McCullough was born in Comber, Co. Down, Ireland, in 1834 and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot at Belfast on 23 October 1852. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and was wounded at the Battle of Inkermann on 5 November 1854. He was discharged on 16 May 1872 after 19 years and 206 days’ service, of which over 10 years were spent soldiering in India. He died in Lancashire in April 1889.

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