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

Pair: Private W. Hartland, 46th Regiment of Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte. Wm. Hartland 46th. Rt.) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring suspension, both with top riband slide bars, edge bruising and light contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280

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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William Hartland was born at Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, on 8 December 1835 and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot at Gloucester on 8 October 1853. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea from 12 October 1854 to 12 May 1855, and was discharged, suffering from chronic rheumatism contracted whilst in service on 8 March 1859, after 5 years and 91 days’ man’s service.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.