The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Priv. John Enright 63rd Reg.) contemporarily engraved naming, edge bruising and light contact marks, nearly 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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John Enright was born at Ballylongford, Co. Kerry, Ireland, in 1827 and attested for the 63rd Regiment on 14 April 1847. He served in the U.K. and in Ireland until his regiment was placed under orders for the Crimea in 1854. He served throughout the Crimean campaign until in January 1855 he was evacuated to the hospital at Scutari. He returned to the U.K. and then served in Ireland and in Canada (Nova Scotia) and was briefly appointed a Drummer in April 1856. He transferred to the Royal Canadian Rifles on 1 February 1860, but was discharged on medical grounds the following year and returned to the U.K. He was formally discharged from the army at Chatham on 6 August 1861, and died on 3 February 1863 aged 35.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.