Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (996 Qr. Mr. Serjt. Jn. Dwyer 46th. Regt.) privately engraved naming, edge bruise, suspension post replaced, very fine £240-£280

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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John Dwyer was born in Emly, Co. Tipperary, in January 1821, and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot as a boy soldier on 16 July 1835. He was promoted Corporal on 28 June 1843, and arrived in the Crimea on 8 November 1854. Advanced Quartermaster Sergeant, he was commissioned Ensign, with the role of Adjutant, on 25 March 1856, and proceeded with the Regiment to Corfu in May 1856. He saw further service in India (where the Regiment witnessed an eclipse of the Moon at Mooltan on 13 August 1859) and was promoted Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 24 December 1863. He retired on 11 July 1874, being granted the honorary rank of Captain after over 39 years’ service with the 46th Foot. He died in Clapham on 24 September 1888.

Sold with a small family carte de visite photograph, showing the recipient wearing his medals; and much copied research.