A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (H. C. Hamond, 46th. Regiment.) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming, contact marks and minor edge bruising, very fine £300-£400

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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Henry Carr William Hammond was born in Hertfordshire on 18 June 1834 and was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 20 January 1854. Promoted Lieutenant on 8 December 1854, and later Captain on 6 June 1859, he served in the Crimea at the Siege of Sebastopol from 8 November 1854 to 22 March 1856, and saw further service on Corfu from 16 March 1857 to 1 September 1858; and in India from 2 September 1858 to 9 July 1863.

Sold with copied Statement of Services.