A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments

Pair: Lieutenant W. D. Bayly, 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot, who died at Lucknow in August 1858

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. Walter Douglas, Bayly. 38th. Regt.) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut, W. D. Bayly, 38th. Regt.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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Walter Douglas Bayly was born in Ireland in 1837 and spent his childhood living with an aunt, Charlotte Kerr, on the Channel Island of Jersey. Commissioned Ensign in the 38th Regiment of Foot 24 November 1854, he served in the Crimea and was promoted Lieutenant on 9 March 1855. Proceeding with his Regiment to India, he witnessed the final operations leading to the surrender of Lucknow and the clearing of the surrounding areas and is confirmed on the Indian Mutiny roll as entitled to Medal and clasp Lucknow. He died on 23 August 1858 at the age of 22, and is buried at the Residency Cemetery in Lucknow; Bayly is also commemorated via a fine tablet erected by his brother officers.