Medals from the Collection of the late Roy Painter

Pair: Captain S. L. Douglas-Willan, 13th Light Infantry

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captain S. L. Douglas-Willan, 13th Light Infantry.) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Captain S. L. Douglas-Willan, 13th Light Infantry.) contact marks. otherwise nearly very fine (2) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Roy Painter.

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Stanhope Leonard Douglas-Willan was appointed Ensign in the 13th Light Infantry on 15 October 1852, and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 June 1854, and to Captain in the 2nd Foot on 7 March 1856. He landed in the Crimea with the 13th Light Infantry, and was present at the battle of Tchernaya, siege and fall of Sebastopol (Medal and Clasp).