Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Private John Wallace, 71st Highland Light Infantry

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (John Wallace 71st Hd. Lt. Infy.) regimentally engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (John Wallace 71st Highlanders. Lt. Iy.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (840. J. Wallace, H.Ms. 71st Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, with rings for suspension; Borough of Renfrew, Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (5) £800-£1,000

John Wallace was born in the Parish of North Leith, near Edinburgh, and attested for the 71st Regiment at Edinburgh on 29 October 1860, aged 31, a labourer by trade. Wallace’s conduct was noticeably bad, spending many periods in confinement, mostly due to his ‘being much addicted to drink and absenting himself.’ He served with the 71st in the Crimean campaign, in the Indian Mutiny and on the North West Frontier at Umbeyla in 1863. He transferred to the 2nd Rifle Brigade in November 1864, and volunteered to the 3rd/60th Rifles in May 1867, from which unit he was finally discharged on 12 March 1871.

Sold with copied discharge papers.