A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Color Serjt. J. Connell No. 2646 14th ..egt) regimentally impressed naming, edge bruising, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments.

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Jeremiah Connell was born in Kanturk, Cork, Ireland, and attested for the 14th Foot at the town of his birth, in December 1846. He advanced to Colour Sergeant, 19 July 1855. He was discharged ‘Medically Unfit’ due to loss of sight in both eyes, 6 January 1857, having served for 10 years and 8 days with the Colours.