The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. S. A. Bazalgette, Royal Arty.) contemporary engraved naming in upright serif capitals, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £220-£260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Sidney Augustus Bazalgette was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 1 February 1837, and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 23 October 1854. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 7 February 1855, to Captain on 26 January 1862, and was appointed Adjutant on 20 January 1864. He served in the Eastern campaign of 1855, including the siege of Sebastopol and expedition to Kinbourn (Medal with Clasp and Turkish Medal). Captain Bazalgate died in a railway train between Suez and Alexandria on 24 July 1869, whilst returning to England from India.