Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private W. Gillard, 90th Regiment, later 60th Rifles

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (W. Gillard. 90th Regt.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (W. Gillard, 90th Lt. Infy.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1850 Wm. Gillard 2nd Bn. 60th Rifles); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (4) £800-£1,000

William Gillard was born in Up Ottery, near Honiton, Devon. A cork cutter by trade, he attested for service in the 90th Light Infantry (Perthshire Volunteers) on 6 December 1854, aged 18 years. With them he served in the Crimean War and in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. Gillard transferred to the 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles on 1 August 1869, and was discharged in October 1874, his intended place of residence being Chard, Somerset.

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