Four: Private J. Dell, 46th Regiment of Foot, later 80th Regiment of Foot, who was reputedly the youngest man in the Regiment to receive a four-clasp Crimea Medal

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (...ivate J. Dell. 46...) Regimentally engraved naming; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (949 J. Dell H.M’s. 80th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (949 Pte. J. Dell, 80th. Foot.) engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (..8 Jams. Dell. 46th. Regt.) Regimentally engraved naming, pierced as issued with small ring and straight bar suspension, heavy contact marks to the Crimea pair that has somewhat obscured naming, the suspension claw on the first crudely re-affixed, and with some of the rivets between the clasps replaced, these therefore fair; the IGS and LS&GC better and a scarce 4-clasp award to the 46th Foot (4) £700-£900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Only a detachment of the Regiment, 6 Officers and 225 men, made up of Sir George Cathcart’s Honour Guard and two companies of the Advance Party, were present at the Battle of Alma on 20 September 1854, and the subsequent actions at Balaklava and Inkermann.

James Dell was born in Newbury, Berkshire, on 19 December 1836 and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot at Windsor on 19 June 1854. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea as part of the advance party, and was present, whilst still underage, at the Alma, Balaklava, and Inkermann. He transferred to the 80th Foot in India on 1 March 1865, and saw further service during the Bhootan campaign. He was awarded his Long Service and God Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, on 24 April 1875, and was discharged at Gosport on 28 December 1875, after 21 years and 10 days’ service.

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