A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Private Patk. Finlay 46th. Foot) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming, minor edge nicks, good very fine and a scarce 4-clasp award to the 46th Foot £500-£700

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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.

Patrick Finlay was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1836 and attested there for the 46th Regiment of Foot on 23 March 1854. Invalided home from the Crimea in early 1855, he was found guilty by the civil courts of felony on 7 September 1855, and was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, forfeiting his previous service. He was discharged medically unfit on 20 November 1855, after 45 days’ service.

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