The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Balaklava (T. Wright. 63rd Regt.) officially impressed naming, minor edge bruising and signs of restoration to clasp carriage, otherwise good very fine £300-£400

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

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Dix Noonan Webb, September 2015.

Thomas Wright was born about 1835, and on 22 December 1852, he attested for the 63rd Regiment at Burslem Staffordshire. On 12 August 1854 he disembarked at Scutari with the 63rd Regiment and later moved to to Varna becoming part of 2nd Brigade under Brigadier General Torrens. He succumbed to the cold and wet weather conditions and was evacuated to Scutari Hospital, where he died on 7 February 1855.