Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. Gingell, 63rd Regiment of Foot, who died on the ‘Heights of Sebastopol’ on Christmas Eve 1854

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (W. Gingell. 63rd Regt.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, plugged and fitted with Indian Mutiny style suspension, minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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William Gingell was born at Corsham, Wiltshire, in 1832 and attested as a Private in the 63rd Regiment in September 1853. The 63rd landed at Scutari on 12 August 1854 and later that month landed at Varna becoming part of the 2nd Brigade in the 4th Division. William Gingell was one of those who succumbed to the elements and died on the ‘Heights before Sebastopol’ on Christmas Eve 1854.

Sold with copied research and medal roll extracts.