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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 25

(x) The Crimea Medal awarded to Private H. Turner, 41st Regiment of Foot, who was twice wounded in action before Sebastopol, the second time so severely that he was invalided from service

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (H. Turner. 41st Foot), slight edge bruise, otherwise very fine

Henry Turner was born at Barnstaple, Devon in 1818 and attested with the 41st Regiment of Foot on 25 June 1840. He served for over sixteen years, including over five abroad with two years and nine months of that spent in India. Arriving in the Crimea with the rest of the Regiment in the summer 1854, he saw action at the Battle of the Alma where the Battalion formed part of the 2nd Division, supporting the French attack on Telegraph Hill.

Later taking part in the Battle of Inkermann they captured a set of Russian drums during the confused and bloody battle. Turner was twice wounded during the fighting, slightly on 21 April 1855 and then again severely later on 17 August of the same year. The second injury is likely the one referenced in his discharge papers 'a severe gunshot wound on the left thigh received while he was at Sevastopol which now renders him unfit for service.'

Turner was invalided from service on 30 December 1856; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£240